A1. Virtual Campus : Babel Virtual space

A social network has been created to foster conversational exchanges in different languages for Spanish and foreign students of the University of Salamanca. Known as Babel, this virtual space facilitates the use of the target language in real situations, potentiating and improving students’ ability in the four communicative skills (speaking, writing, reading and listening) in an autonomous way and in an extra-curricular context. This interactive space includes tools for managing contacts and messaging, the creation of blogs, forums and collaborative work groups, access to institutional multimedia material, organization of events and a videoconferencing system for conversing face to face or in groups.