'We are people, you know': children's views on the use of video recordings in the EFL class

A study is presented with a twofold objective related to child voice: to explore children's views on the use of video recordings in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) class, and to promote the inclusion of child voice in decision-making processes in the foreign language classroom. The study...

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Autor: Waddington, Julie
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/20828
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/20828
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Llengües modernes -- Ensenyament -- Educació primària
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Motivació en l'educació
Motivation in education
Llenguatge i llengües -- Educació primària
Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Tecnologia educativa -- Educació primària
Educational technology -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Sumario:A study is presented with a twofold objective related to child voice: to explore children's views on the use of video recordings in an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) class, and to promote the inclusion of child voice in decision-making processes in the foreign language classroom. The study was carried out in a primary school setting in Catalonia over a three-year period. Data was collected and analysed within an interpretative phenomenological approach, adopting an ethically symmetrical approach to children as research participants. Findings suggest that video recordings can be a useful classroom resource to encourage self-reflection, but that camera presence and subsequent self-viewing can provoke strong emotional reactions and generate overly critical and potentially debilitating attitudes to language learning. Child voice contributions provide insightful ideas to use video recordings strategically and ethically, while also raising important questions about children's rights to privacy and data protection, and to express their views using their L1 in the EFL class