CONSTRUCTING VISUALLY-BASED DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS IN EFL WITH VOICETHREAD
CONSTRUCTING VISUALLY-BASED DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS IN EFL WITH VOICETHREAD
Author(s): David KentSubject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group and The University of Nicosia
Keywords: VoiceThread; digital conversations; visualization
Summary/Abstract: VoiceThread holds potential to provide students who rarely speak in class a means to create visually-based digital conversations. In light of this, pedagogical affordances of the tool are considered, along with efficacy behind VoiceThread development within English as a Foreign Language contexts. Instructional strategies, supported by examples, are presented. A means for in-service teachers to evaluate language production and learning outcomes emerge, along with techniques essential for monitoring, producing, and guiding effective VoiceThread development through inclusion of specifically developed resources.
Journal: Teaching English with Technology
- Issue Year: 17/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 3-16
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
