As a
continuation to my previous posts about implementing new technologies in EFl
classrooms, I’d like to discuss digital story-telling as another interesting
and useful tool to be integrated in regular English language classes. I
personally think that video production can help English teachers to engage the
learners in a meaningful task-based learning, which in itself promotes the
target language use in a meaningful context.
Like some of the technological tools discussed
in my previous posts, video production, first of all, fosters collaboration and
interaction among learners. It is a good way of sharing interesting information
with your peers. Last week we had a group assignment; we had to produce a short
video and later share it with our classmates. I found this type of activity
really engaging and informative. We produced a tutorial and I found it not only
to be fun but also helpful in terms of language use. Besides, while shooting
the video we had to pay attention to some technical issues such as the light,
sound quality, music, etc. Although our video was not a perfect one, we all
enjoyed the process of producing it.
I think in the future I ‘d like try this
technology with my students. This will
help them to view the English language as a tool to produce something really
meaningful. Furthermore, this kind of activity is a great shift from
traditional language learning. This is something that the “digital youth” will definitely
like doing. I think as teachers, we should help our learners use the target language
in a context that really appeals to them.
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