Easy English and More in Second Life:  Edunation (continued)

The 3D virtual world of Second Life can, at first, be quite daunting to navigate.  For ESL teachers it is a good idea to act as a guide and encourage students, preferably one-on-one, to visit some of the most engaging and exciting sites in the first couple of sessions.  Getting "bogged" down in the minutiae of controls and settings in the first session may scare off many.  The statistics of users who do not return bear this out.  However, when curiosity is peaked, conversations ensue, and a great deal of natural language occurs.

Guides for getting around and going directly to interesting locales (teleporting) can be found throughout Edunation.  It can be as clicking on poster.

Students and teachers alike can find a myriad of places to sit, relax, have drink and chat, or even the view of a spectacular sunset.