This presentation explores classroom activities integrating social networking technologies to enhance student language acquisition and expose them to another culture. Specifically, the presentation describes ways faculty can integrate shared vlogging as a classroom activity in language courses. Students create vlogs in the target language to document their daily lives and share them not only with their own classmates but also with students living in the home culture of the target language.

Vlogging engages students where they are comfortable and encourages them to practice their language skills through social media. Because students are used to documenting their daily lives on social media and following the daily lives of others, this exchange of vlogs helps them develop their conversational skills and knowledge of the culture in a way that feels organic and natural to them. Having an audience of their peers can be fun and engaging and can motivate them to learn more.

The presentation shares the results of a series of surveys completed by students after each vlog to explore two main questions: 1) does vlogging for an audience engage and motivate students in a way that enhances their development of language skills, and 2) which language skills are most enhanced by shared vlogging activities?

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Abstract Summary
This presentation explores classroom activities integrating social networking technologies to enhance student language acquisition and expose them to another culture. Specifically, the presentation describes ways faculty can integrate shared vlogging as a classroom activity in language courses. The presentation shares the results of a series of surveys completed by students after each vlog to explore two main questions: 1) does vlogging for an audience engage and motivate students in a way that enhances their development of language skills, and 2) which language skills are most enhanced by shared vlogging activities?

Authors:
Maria Grazia De Angelis, Saint Mary's College of California, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Maria Grazia De Angelis is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Saint Mary's College of California in United States

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