Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning

In this paper we present a language teaching experience carried out with a group of students from the Universidad Católica de Valencia (Spain) and a smaller group of native English speakers. Prior to the experience, participants were asked to fill a questionnaire assessing their preferred learning s...

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Autores: Marín García, María de la Paz, Astruc, Lluïsa
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
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English as a foreign language
Blended learning
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spelling Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learningMarín García, María de la PazAstruc, LluïsaLearning and teaching methodologiesSpanish as a foreign languageEnglish as a foreign languageBlended learning5801 Teoría y Métodos EducativosIn this paper we present a language teaching experience carried out with a group of students from the Universidad Católica de Valencia (Spain) and a smaller group of native English speakers. Prior to the experience, participants were asked to fill a questionnaire assessing their preferred learning style and afterwards they filled another one about their perceptions and reactions. Additionally, we collected observation data to be triangulated with the questionnaire data. The first group was formed by 15 Spanish learners of English of upper intermediate level enrolled in a face-to-face course which involved two weekly teaching sessions in the classroom. The second group had 4 English native speakers with experience in the use of and the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE, a "plataforma"); so, both groups work normally over the Internet using advanced educational technologies. The aim of the experience was for the Valencian students to work in groups and then interact in an asynchronous forum with the native English speakers who have familiarised themselves with the topic. The learning experience followed these steps: a) preparatory work using different media (video + text on 'Betty la fea' and ‘Ugly Betty') and focusing on content and vocabulary, b) revising grammatical content (the conditional), c) asynchronous discussion in the forum. In response to a final questionnaire, the Valencian students reported having enjoyed the experience, feeling very motivated, and wanting to repeat it.IATED20242024-01-1920122012-01-0120122012-01-01book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/3725reponame:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártirinstname:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente MártirInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/37252026-06-19T08:32:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
title Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
spellingShingle Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
Marín García, María de la Paz
Learning and teaching methodologies
Spanish as a foreign language
English as a foreign language
Blended learning
5801 Teoría y Métodos Educativos
title_short Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
title_full Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
title_fullStr Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
title_full_unstemmed Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
title_sort Motivating students through technology: using media and collaborative technologies in language teaching and learning
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marín García, María de la Paz
Astruc, Lluïsa
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Astruc, Lluïsa
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Spanish as a foreign language
English as a foreign language
Blended learning
5801 Teoría y Métodos Educativos
topic Learning and teaching methodologies
Spanish as a foreign language
English as a foreign language
Blended learning
5801 Teoría y Métodos Educativos
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