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Reducing Distance in Language Learning
through Social Networking, Video
Development, and Website Integration
Eileen O’Connor, Ph.D.
Eileen.oconnor@esc.edu
Empire State College / State
University of New York (USA)
June 2014
Reducing Distance in Language
Learning through Social
Networking, Video Development,
and Website Integration
Reducing Distance in Language Learning through Social Networking, Video-Development, and Website
Integration
The need for global communications and interactions in the fast-shrinking world requires 21st century
skills and understanding. Language and linguistics instructors are essential educators who provide
students with opportunities to develop strong foreign-language communication and cultural skills. In
this paper, resources for documenting, sharing and across-geography interacting that can strengthen
communication skills and encourage cross-cultural connections will be considered. Readily available
tools for social networking (such as Facebook), video incorporation, and website development will be
presented and suggestions for their use and integration into and across courses be will be highlighted.
With ready access to global information and communication, language instructors can now have their
students study, analyze, reflect-on, and immerse-themselves in different languages and cultures.
Students can demonstrate their growing use of language through integration of video and audio in the
works that they develop; readily accessible e-media can make this form of expression easily mastered.
By providing students with a complex, stimulating, and memorable experiences of language, linguistics,
and culture, students can be moved far beyond textbook, grammar, and language-lab studies. A
conceptual / academic framework that can support and justify the inclusion of these tools that
encourage interpersonal interactions and communications will be addressed as well.
The role &
importance of
foreign language
instruction
Address global
demand
• 21st century skills
• Commerce & trade
Develop cultural
understanding &
awareness
• Present/ popular culture
• Economics, geography, history
Develop foreign
language
fluency
• Learning through
integration of usage
with technology
Motivators to
improve foreign
language acquisition
Ways to ensure &
monitor success
• Self video (easy /
private)
• eJournals, websites
& Facebook (growth
over time)
Quick access to foreign
languages & cultures
• Internet in other languages
• Social networks / virtual
meetings
• Sharing & support
Digital natives
preferences
• Interactivity
• More than text
• Multiple
intelligences
Integrating emerging tech & internet can support
foreign language instruction in many areas
Emerging
Technologies
& Internet
Language
Performance
Cultural
understanding
Teacher
resources
All technologies can be
adapted to support these
different areas
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Educational Framework
Educational frameworks – and possible
example applications
 Immersion / usage / communication (from language and linguistics literature)
 Community of Practice (Lave & Wenger) in the target language
 Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky)
 Sharing the learning experience - YouTube
 Motivation for the learners
 Safe ways to try – can listen and learn before speaking
 Technologies with which students are comfortable already
 Analysis and study
 Comparing different events & cultures
 Assessment that are authentic
 Live recordings of language usage
 Embedded assessments in the portfolio or Facebook; observe growth over time
 Visiting peers / badge
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Websites & Facebook
Facebook / Websites – can store student
work, as will be seen in the next slides
Website Facebook
Text Unlimited More restrictions
Images can be uploaded? Yes Yes
Videos can be uploaded? Yes Yes
Make links to other sites? Unlimited Through Likes / somewhat
limited but easy
Ease of creation Can be more
challenging, but
new methods are
improving quickly
Easy
Today, many of the
suggestions for foreign
language instructors can be
addressed by both platforms
Easy to develop & free website tools –
many templates available
Consider:
www.wix.com or
www.webbly.com
Robust, but more involved, websites
from Google are available too
Even translation programs built into
web-site building features
 Have your students test and see the accuracy & quality of these
services
Facebook & Website – authored by the students
 Quick development & updating
 Easy integrating & storing e-resources
 Videos can be uploaded
 Post of ongoing learning
 Can be shared with the world – but after a safe time
 Sharing with the class & with groups
 Have students analyze examples from other countries
 Live cultural studies possible
 Students will need to understand and interact with other cultures for
jobs, trade, and interactions
Ways to start students using
Facebook, an example . . .
http://iltl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/using-facebook-for-language-learning/
• Practical suggestions for
starting quickly and reliably
with Facebook – a scaffolded
approach
• Students are guided through
things-to-find about another
country
• Has students finding videos in
the target language – an extra
boost to learning the language
Another example: my Professional
Facebook page
Videos can
be added to
Facebook
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Self-videotaping (ie. YouTube)
Video & self-video (YouTube) uses –
visual & audio together
Video /
Internet
Target
language
exposure
Cultural
exposure
Self video
Practice in
safe
environments
Demonstrate
growth over
time
Use video to have students demonstrate
increased language proficiency over time
Increased
fluency
Progressive taping
Stories, plays,
vignettes
Safe environment for
practice
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Emerging ideas – based on technology
Using ideas surfacing from emerging
technologies, such as . . .
Badging & peer review
 Have students review the web-posted work of their
peers
Offer student-offered best practice badges
 Expands dedication, interest, and commitment
 Can be separate from the course evaluation too
Have peers review
work --
offer badges based
on the “Votes” of
classmates
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Virtual reality
Using Second Life – a collection of
virtual reality locations
 Requiring actual visits to different cultures and
exhibits
 Talking to avatars from other countries
 Making machinima in other language
That is, videotape the avatar(s)
Demonstrate performance
Virtual locations
Moscow
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moscow%20Island/191/186/21
Integrating language education through
the use of e-tools – ways to think
 Across courses – create a learning journal / growth over
time / meeting individuals from other countries
 Analyzing cultural examples – comparing to textbooks /
interview others from different countries
 Gathering insights and writing papers that use info and
images from other websites, virtual location
 Requiring communications with social networks, forums,
and virtual reality in other languages
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Gathering ideas, resources, and professional
development from other language / linguistics
professionals
Some examples follow
Many language instructor resources
available
 Materials and resources – via the web or Facebook
 Instructor networks and social networks – join
communities on an ongoing basic
 Attend conferences
Foreign Language websites vetted by instructors
Website with different foreign-language
cultural perspectives
Facebook
pages devoted
to Language
Learning
https://www.facebook.com/LLTJournal
Center for
Language
Education &
Research
(CLEAR)
https://www.facebook.com/CLEARatMSU
Learn from links from these
trusted organizations
Get quickly to
quality, web-
accessible resource
Learning language
improvement through
video usage
http://sisaljournal.org/archives/sep12/hirschel_yamamoto_lee/
Initial results appear to indicate that student
videos are correlated with a positive effect upon
students’ interest in, enjoyment of, and
confidence in speaking English, but not with
perceptions of increased general English ability
or ability to interact in English.
. . . Taken together, the qualitative and
quantitative data point to a pattern whereby,
over the eight month course of study, students
appeared to be developing a greater interest in
and enjoyment of communicating in English.
Her research investigated what kept adult English
learners of Italian motivated during a beginners'
course. Though the students joined the classes for
a variety of reasons and were taught by different
teachers using different approaches, it quickly
became apparent that maintaining motivation was
closely connected to the social elements involved.
. . . "We found that those most likely to stick with
it were the ones who developed a social bond
within a group,“ . . . "For them, learning Italian
became part of their social identity: something
they do one evening a week with a group of
pleasant and like-minded people. For both groups
[in the study], social participation was the driving
force for sustaining motivation."
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/19/language-learning-motivation-brain-teaching
Consider workshops in using technologies in
language instruction, created by and for
teachers
Locate professional development,
such as this self-efficacy in
language-learning online webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4sOfUS6p8
Find compiled
repositories
of resources
Commercial applications are available too
Ways to use internet-accessible
resources in language instruction
Making this happen
Planning & training
for technology
acquisition
Partner with
other disciplines
•Computer & writing
instructors
•Modules to share
among all disciplines
Students self-support
•Peer training
•Badging
•Students help other students
Integrate tutorials
•Place in your course
•Integrate the many
supports and links
available
Integrating
technologies can
help support the
VITAL role of
language
education
Address global
demand
• 21st century skills
• Commerce & trade
Develop cultural
understanding &
awareness
• Present/ popular culture
• Economics, geography, history
Develop foreign
language
fluency
• Learning through
integration of usage
with technology

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Reducing Distance in Language Learning (using technologies)

  • 1. Reducing Distance in Language Learning through Social Networking, Video Development, and Website Integration Eileen O’Connor, Ph.D. Eileen.oconnor@esc.edu Empire State College / State University of New York (USA) June 2014
  • 2. Reducing Distance in Language Learning through Social Networking, Video Development, and Website Integration Reducing Distance in Language Learning through Social Networking, Video-Development, and Website Integration The need for global communications and interactions in the fast-shrinking world requires 21st century skills and understanding. Language and linguistics instructors are essential educators who provide students with opportunities to develop strong foreign-language communication and cultural skills. In this paper, resources for documenting, sharing and across-geography interacting that can strengthen communication skills and encourage cross-cultural connections will be considered. Readily available tools for social networking (such as Facebook), video incorporation, and website development will be presented and suggestions for their use and integration into and across courses be will be highlighted. With ready access to global information and communication, language instructors can now have their students study, analyze, reflect-on, and immerse-themselves in different languages and cultures. Students can demonstrate their growing use of language through integration of video and audio in the works that they develop; readily accessible e-media can make this form of expression easily mastered. By providing students with a complex, stimulating, and memorable experiences of language, linguistics, and culture, students can be moved far beyond textbook, grammar, and language-lab studies. A conceptual / academic framework that can support and justify the inclusion of these tools that encourage interpersonal interactions and communications will be addressed as well.
  • 3. The role & importance of foreign language instruction Address global demand • 21st century skills • Commerce & trade Develop cultural understanding & awareness • Present/ popular culture • Economics, geography, history Develop foreign language fluency • Learning through integration of usage with technology
  • 4. Motivators to improve foreign language acquisition Ways to ensure & monitor success • Self video (easy / private) • eJournals, websites & Facebook (growth over time) Quick access to foreign languages & cultures • Internet in other languages • Social networks / virtual meetings • Sharing & support Digital natives preferences • Interactivity • More than text • Multiple intelligences
  • 5. Integrating emerging tech & internet can support foreign language instruction in many areas Emerging Technologies & Internet Language Performance Cultural understanding Teacher resources All technologies can be adapted to support these different areas
  • 6. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Educational Framework
  • 7. Educational frameworks – and possible example applications  Immersion / usage / communication (from language and linguistics literature)  Community of Practice (Lave & Wenger) in the target language  Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky)  Sharing the learning experience - YouTube  Motivation for the learners  Safe ways to try – can listen and learn before speaking  Technologies with which students are comfortable already  Analysis and study  Comparing different events & cultures  Assessment that are authentic  Live recordings of language usage  Embedded assessments in the portfolio or Facebook; observe growth over time  Visiting peers / badge
  • 8. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Websites & Facebook
  • 9. Facebook / Websites – can store student work, as will be seen in the next slides Website Facebook Text Unlimited More restrictions Images can be uploaded? Yes Yes Videos can be uploaded? Yes Yes Make links to other sites? Unlimited Through Likes / somewhat limited but easy Ease of creation Can be more challenging, but new methods are improving quickly Easy Today, many of the suggestions for foreign language instructors can be addressed by both platforms
  • 10. Easy to develop & free website tools – many templates available Consider: www.wix.com or www.webbly.com
  • 11. Robust, but more involved, websites from Google are available too
  • 12. Even translation programs built into web-site building features  Have your students test and see the accuracy & quality of these services
  • 13. Facebook & Website – authored by the students  Quick development & updating  Easy integrating & storing e-resources  Videos can be uploaded  Post of ongoing learning  Can be shared with the world – but after a safe time  Sharing with the class & with groups  Have students analyze examples from other countries  Live cultural studies possible  Students will need to understand and interact with other cultures for jobs, trade, and interactions
  • 14. Ways to start students using Facebook, an example . . . http://iltl.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/using-facebook-for-language-learning/ • Practical suggestions for starting quickly and reliably with Facebook – a scaffolded approach • Students are guided through things-to-find about another country • Has students finding videos in the target language – an extra boost to learning the language
  • 15. Another example: my Professional Facebook page
  • 16. Videos can be added to Facebook
  • 17. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Self-videotaping (ie. YouTube)
  • 18. Video & self-video (YouTube) uses – visual & audio together Video / Internet Target language exposure Cultural exposure Self video Practice in safe environments Demonstrate growth over time
  • 19. Use video to have students demonstrate increased language proficiency over time Increased fluency Progressive taping Stories, plays, vignettes Safe environment for practice
  • 20. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Emerging ideas – based on technology
  • 21. Using ideas surfacing from emerging technologies, such as . . . Badging & peer review  Have students review the web-posted work of their peers Offer student-offered best practice badges  Expands dedication, interest, and commitment  Can be separate from the course evaluation too
  • 22. Have peers review work -- offer badges based on the “Votes” of classmates
  • 23. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Virtual reality
  • 24. Using Second Life – a collection of virtual reality locations  Requiring actual visits to different cultures and exhibits  Talking to avatars from other countries  Making machinima in other language That is, videotape the avatar(s) Demonstrate performance
  • 27. Integrating language education through the use of e-tools – ways to think  Across courses – create a learning journal / growth over time / meeting individuals from other countries  Analyzing cultural examples – comparing to textbooks / interview others from different countries  Gathering insights and writing papers that use info and images from other websites, virtual location  Requiring communications with social networks, forums, and virtual reality in other languages
  • 28. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Gathering ideas, resources, and professional development from other language / linguistics professionals Some examples follow
  • 29. Many language instructor resources available  Materials and resources – via the web or Facebook  Instructor networks and social networks – join communities on an ongoing basic  Attend conferences
  • 30. Foreign Language websites vetted by instructors
  • 31. Website with different foreign-language cultural perspectives
  • 34. Learn from links from these trusted organizations Get quickly to quality, web- accessible resource
  • 35. Learning language improvement through video usage http://sisaljournal.org/archives/sep12/hirschel_yamamoto_lee/ Initial results appear to indicate that student videos are correlated with a positive effect upon students’ interest in, enjoyment of, and confidence in speaking English, but not with perceptions of increased general English ability or ability to interact in English. . . . Taken together, the qualitative and quantitative data point to a pattern whereby, over the eight month course of study, students appeared to be developing a greater interest in and enjoyment of communicating in English.
  • 36. Her research investigated what kept adult English learners of Italian motivated during a beginners' course. Though the students joined the classes for a variety of reasons and were taught by different teachers using different approaches, it quickly became apparent that maintaining motivation was closely connected to the social elements involved. . . . "We found that those most likely to stick with it were the ones who developed a social bond within a group,“ . . . "For them, learning Italian became part of their social identity: something they do one evening a week with a group of pleasant and like-minded people. For both groups [in the study], social participation was the driving force for sustaining motivation." http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/19/language-learning-motivation-brain-teaching
  • 37. Consider workshops in using technologies in language instruction, created by and for teachers
  • 38. Locate professional development, such as this self-efficacy in language-learning online webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4sOfUS6p8
  • 41. Ways to use internet-accessible resources in language instruction Making this happen
  • 42. Planning & training for technology acquisition Partner with other disciplines •Computer & writing instructors •Modules to share among all disciplines Students self-support •Peer training •Badging •Students help other students Integrate tutorials •Place in your course •Integrate the many supports and links available
  • 43. Integrating technologies can help support the VITAL role of language education Address global demand • 21st century skills • Commerce & trade Develop cultural understanding & awareness • Present/ popular culture • Economics, geography, history Develop foreign language fluency • Learning through integration of usage with technology

Editor's Notes

  1. Language acquisition and cultural understanding are keys to success in the complex, global world of today.
  2. Instructors can use the tools of today and the propensities of younger populations to speed the acquisition of language and cultural skills. If you attend to the ways that psychology points out how we learn and how we are motivated, you will be able to start new and productive ways to help students acquire language.
  3. Veletanios predicted the use in different ways for any technology – you will see some ways that teachers of linguistics can enhance their work with language & culture and ways they can get resources. Creativity and experimentation will be what you need as an instructor.
  4. You can use a variety of readily available tools to hold and support the students work. There are some slight differences – but in terms of linguistic instruction, they are not that different.
  5. By having students tape themselves over time, you can see the progression in their work, they can report stories and narratives, and they can work in a safe and comfortable environment
  6. At some point, you will need to have strategies for the technology skills that the students will need. There are a number of ways to help students.
  7. Language acquisition and cultural understanding are keys to success in the complex, global world of today.