Abstract
This article is based on a case study I presented at the elearning Symposium 2014 and focuses on an undergraduate project which had received the Teaching Enhancement and Student Success Fund at the University of Manchester two years before. The project was conceived as an outreach activity complementing the final year core language classes and aimed at engaging students with both reading and listening to advanced texts and enjoying literature through weekly reading groups and audiobooks. Ultimately, through reading and creating literature, the objective was to foster students’ intercultural competence after the year abroad. It was thus a student-centred and task-orientated project involving the creation of an audiobook by its participants. To this end, different forms of technology were introduced, each serving a particular purpose and fitting into specific learning goals. In this article I will report on the use of tablet PC technology for marking and giving feedback as well as on the benefits of audiobooks for language teaching in the context of higher education, where they have not yet had an extensive use.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 10 Years of the LLAS eLearning Symposium |
Subtitle of host publication | Case Studies in Good Practice |
Editors | Kate Borthwick, Erika Corradini, Alison Dickens |
Place of Publication | Dublin |
Publisher | Research-publishing.net |
Chapter | 17 |
Pages | 193-202 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781908416230, 9781908416247 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781908416223 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2015 |
Event | LLAS e-learning Symposium - University of Southampton, United Kingdom Duration: 20 Feb 2014 → 20 Feb 2014 Conference number: 9th |
Conference
Conference | LLAS e-learning Symposium |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
Period | 20/02/14 → 20/02/14 |
Keywords
- audiobooks
- literature
- tablet PC technology
- OERs
- productive and receptive skills
- creativity
- student generated content
- personalised learning
- Intercultural competence