PAL has been
An elearning research and development group in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton leading elearning initiatives and delivering online solutions.
Online resources and courses
- Pay, Access and Learn
Our new system for students, giving access to sets of our interactive online learning resources. - Study Skills Toolkit
A comprehensive set of online learning resources in Study skills for self-access and/or blended delivery. Available for licence. - EAP Toolkit (for international students and non-native speakers of English)
A comprehensive set of online learning resources in English for Academic Purposes for international students for self-access and/or blended delivery. Available for licence. - Licensing our toolkits
Information about how to license our toolkits, pricing and options. - Digital Literacies Toolkit
A free set of interactive resources to help students explore the educational uses of Web 2.0 tools and develop good practice when using social software. - MA in English Language Teaching: Online
An innovative Masters degree programme studied entirely online over two and a half years. - Presessional Boarding Pass: Online
An online, tutored and assessed Pre-sessional Course in English for Academic Purposes for international postgraduate students in the Southampton Business School. - Prepare for Presessional: Online
An online, tutored and assessed generic Pre-sessional Course in EAP for international postgraduate students. Available for licence by other institutions. - Get Ready for Southampton
A complete online transition course for international students to prepare for study at the University of Southampton. - Prepare for Success
A free web learning resource for international students coming to study in UK Higher and Further Education, and for institutions receiving or preparing them.
Research and development projects
- Resources for MOOCs
Supplementary resources created to support University of Southampton Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) - Discipline-specific online learning resources in study skills
Collaborative projects to develop online learning resources for Humanities, Law and Health Sciences. - The LOC authoring tool for teachers
Development of a tool for creating online learning resources in the form of interactive 'learning objects'. - OER project research community
A community of language teachers creating, storing and sharing Open Educational Resources for language learning, and engaged in developing repositories and other tools. - Developing intercultural awareness online
A short online course to develop intercultural awareness among Thai students studying English. - 3D immersive world projects
Projects involving the use of Second Life in language teaching and learning.