標題: I help, therefore, I learn: service learning on Web 2.0 in an EFL speaking class
作者: Sun, Yu-Chih
Yang, Fang-Ying
英語教學研究所
Institute of Teaching English to speakers of other Languages
關鍵字: Facebook;YouTube;service learning;speaking
公開日期: 4-May-2015
摘要: The present study integrates service learning into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speaking class using Web 2.0 tools - YouTube and Facebook - as platforms. Fourteen undergraduate students participated in the study. The purpose of the service-learning project was to link service learning with oral communication training in an EFL speaking class by having each student create two YouTube videos in which they made informative presentations about the university (e.g., transportation system) and the city (e.g., sightseeing spots) in English to international students on campus. A Facebook community was established as a forum for students to share their videos with the international students and peers. The results suggest that the project enhanced EFL students\' public speaking-related skills (e.g., idea and content development, and pronunciation), built their confidence in speaking English, and allowed them to develop their own learning process and strategies. Moreover, Web 2.0 tools endow service learning with new possibilities of reaching a greater number of the target audience and provide the members of the community with alternative means of communication.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2013.818555
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/124749
ISSN: 0958-8221
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2013.818555
期刊: Computer Assisted Language Learning
Volume: 28
起始頁: 202
結束頁: 219
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