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CONSTRUCTING VISUALLY-BASED DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS IN EFL WITH VOICETHREAD
CONSTRUCTING VISUALLY-BASED DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS IN EFL WITH VOICETHREAD

Author(s): David Kent
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 17/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-16
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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