How can language teachers help the students to write stories and not to only describe favourite colours, hobbies, pets, and say how many brothers and sisters they have got? This work refers to the way teachers can focus on the teaching of the foreign language in the classroom in such a way that students can communicate in a conscious way, taking into account their voices and their real experiences. The Digital Storytelling Syllabus is created for a communicative English as a Second Language class because the aim of most language learning is to be able to present oneself as a whole person through the foreign language and that is done very powerfully through storytelling. Stories are fundamental to one's sense of identity and to dealing with experience and offer much richness in language learning and teaching. Digital storytelling is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. The aim of this work is to integrate Digital Storytelling into the curriculum to engage early English Language learners in creating and improving all the new language skills; students learn how to find, tell, create and publish the stories of their lives through hand-on project that foster development of language skills while building media literally and technical skills.
MY DIGITAL ENGLISH. A DIGITAL STORYTELLING SYLLABUS (DST)
BALDASSARRE, MICHELE;
2012-01-01
Abstract
How can language teachers help the students to write stories and not to only describe favourite colours, hobbies, pets, and say how many brothers and sisters they have got? This work refers to the way teachers can focus on the teaching of the foreign language in the classroom in such a way that students can communicate in a conscious way, taking into account their voices and their real experiences. The Digital Storytelling Syllabus is created for a communicative English as a Second Language class because the aim of most language learning is to be able to present oneself as a whole person through the foreign language and that is done very powerfully through storytelling. Stories are fundamental to one's sense of identity and to dealing with experience and offer much richness in language learning and teaching. Digital storytelling is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. The aim of this work is to integrate Digital Storytelling into the curriculum to engage early English Language learners in creating and improving all the new language skills; students learn how to find, tell, create and publish the stories of their lives through hand-on project that foster development of language skills while building media literally and technical skills.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
