ERIC Number: EJ1058468
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Dec
Pages: 11
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Digital Storytelling: A Case Study of the Creation, and Narration of a Story by EFL Learners
Soler Pardo, Betlem
Digital Education Review, n26 p74-84 Dec 2014
The use of technology to teach English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has been greatly expanded in recent decades, and has also been construed by educators as a fresh alternative to traditional pedagogy. Digital Storytelling can offer this alternative as, without neglecting the target of improving teaching quality, it has been proved to be a successful instructional tool to teach EFL (Gregori-Signes, 2008a; 2012), since it can combine the advantages and success of traditional storytelling with the innovations of new technologies to teach a foreign language. The aim of this case-study is to foster students' writing and speaking skills (Reinders, 2011) by engaging them in a project in which traditional and digital narrative are combined, with the primary goal of reinforcing foreign language acquisition and development for students of EFL. First, I shall examine some of the distinctive features of the DST. Secondly, I shall describe the process students had followed in order to complete the task; and, finally, I shall discuss the results.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Narration
Universitat de Barcelona. Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, Edifici Llevant P3, Barcelona, 08035 Spain. e-mail: der@greav.net; Web site: http://greav.ub.edu/der
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Valencia)
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