Simple English Wikipedia is an alternative version of Wikipedia, one of the most popular online encyclopedias available. This website aims to provide encyclopedia access to a broader audience, including speakers and learners of English as an additional language.
In the platform, it is possible to research and share information about an unlimited number of topics from different areas and about a wide range of themes. Moreover, English learners can use the space for collaborative learning.
Some classroom ideas: you may help your students develop research and reading skills; promote collaborative writing in the classroom and on the web; and discuss about accessing and sharing free information with your students.
As Park and Bridges (2022) explain:
Students can demonstrate their understanding and growth of information literacy skills as they research and write an article. Using Wikipedia as a teaching tool allows students to build information literacy skills for life, not just one class paper (Park & Bridges, 2022).
Here are some Wikipedia tutorials:
How to write Simple English pages
REFERENCE
PARK, D.; BRIDGES, L. Meet students where they are: centering Wikipedia in the classroom. Communications in Information Literacy, v. 16, n.1, p. 4-23, jun. 2022
