Hi Tom
Pls share free access to our extensive CALL site for any staff and students
via ListServe at:

www.call4all.us

Also IGI book on Flipped Learning coming out soon.  Thx!  JPL, JAPAN

JPL:

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Garbelotti, Tom <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> If you are using video, you might still not be doing it right
>
> Earlier this month I attended the SWALLT conference in San Diego, hosted
> by SDSU. It was a great conference with many interesting topics, but the
> one I personally found the most interesting was Tom Keiges’ presentation on
> using tailor-made content for language learning. As it turns out, students
> do not appreciate this approach at all.
> Keiges’ story was based on the outcomes of his dissertation: Assessing
> Student Learning Outcomes of Online Class Activities
> <http://gradworks.umi.com/16/00/1600283.html> within a Third Semester
> University Flipped-Spanish Classroom. It specifically addresses using
> existing, software-based content (MyLanguageLab by Pearson) and studies
> students’ opinions after working with the material.
> The students generally disagreed with the statement that MySpanishLab
> activities promoted the selected learning outcomes and did not find the
> activities interesting.
> In one of my earlier blogs <http://www.relanpro-usa.com/?p=2341> I shared
> studies with you that showed that students who are exposed to authentic
> foreign language materials are better able to use the foreign language in
> real-life situations and have a more positive attitude toward learning
> about a different culture. This presentation made very clear that students
> hardly find non-authentic content interesting.
> Students know there are other options available and their exposure to
> video is especially high. As a parent I witness the decline of TV in our
> household every day and sometimes I wonder why we subscribe to so many
> channels, as generally we only use YouTube. YouTube has changed the way
> people consume video content, letting them control the viewing experience.
> That is why the ReLANpro Language Labs are no longer purely teacher
> centered. You as a teacher can be the new rock star when you walk into the
> classroom, divide your class into multiple groups and ask each group to
> provide a (suitable) YouTube video of their liking. You can then use these
> videos within any ReLANpro program for instanttranslation
> <http://www.relanpro-usa.com/?p=2262> or subtitling
> <http://www.relanpro-usa.com/?p=2248>.
> You will immediately notice the students’ engagement, because you have
> empowered them by allowing them to choose the content. Of course not
> everything in language learning can be that entertaining; you have to do
> the work in order to acquire a language.
> But that doesn’t mean we can’t integrate 21st Century Learning tools into
> the classroom and make language learning an engaging experience.
>
> Until next time.
> For ReLANpro
> Ralf Porankiewicz
>
>