ERIC Number: EJ1135863
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Publication Date: 2017
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Constructing Visually-Based Digital Conversations in EFL with VoiceThread
Kent, David
Teaching English with Technology, v17 n1 p3-16 2017
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.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Asynchronous Communication, Second Language Instruction, Affordances, Educational Strategies, Classroom Communication, Electronic Learning
IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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