EXPLORING VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR TOURISM

English learning/teaching can be optimized by employment of virtual environments where students can extend their practice outside the classroom walls towards forming and consolidating their basic skills, in a pleasant, creative, and relevant way. The current paper will showcase several Web 2.0 tools uploaded on Edmodo virtual learning environment in order to enhance collaboration and communication through creation of student-centered activities that would adapt to the students' learning styles and maximize their involvement in learning English for Tourism. Evaluation of the platform work was based on the students' unstructured feedback, which took the form of a creative Final Reflections Edmodo-assessment survey.