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Fostering Reflective Writing and Interactive Exchange
through Blogging
Lina Lee University of New Hampshire
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign LanguagesHynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
November 20, 2010
“I never teach my pupils; I
only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
--Albert Einstein
21st Century Learning
Transform your classroom into a creative learning space and provide the opportunity for students to collaborate.
Welcome to 21st Century
Learning
Part 1: Blogs
What is a ?
Weblog (website) – online diary/journal Single or multiple authors Postings in a reverse chronological order Read postings and make comments Link to other sources Instant publishing Social networking
Why ?
Learner autonomy Decision-making; transparency; accountability
Reflective thinking Personal and social space
Collaborative interaction Collective intelligence through exchange
Immediate feedback Responses and comments
Types?
Native speakers’ blogs – reading skills and cultural perspectives
Voice blogs – listening and speaking skills Group/class blogs – collaborative writing Exchange blogs – intercultural learning Personal blogs – reflective writing and
interactive exchange
Let’s
Reflective Writing Personal blogs over a 14 week period
Spanish 631 (fifth semester Spanish)
Participants – 17 undergraduate students
A four-skill integrated approach– Teacher-assigned and free topics
– Two 150-200 word entries per week
Web 2.0 technology – Blogger, Podcasting, iMovie
Four-Skill-Integrated Approach Assigned readings from Revista textbook Free topics Listening to podcasts– Notes in Spanish
http://www.notesinspanish.com– Cody’s Cuentos
http://www.codyscuentos.com/ Speaking practice – 3-4 minute oral recordings for “Tertulia”
Topics for Each Type of Task
Assigned Readings• “Another circle” • “Four scientific formulas for
happiness” • “ TV garbage” • “I was my own path” • “Ten minutes”
Free Topics • Women’s rights • Red Sox in Boston• Country music • Swine influenza A (H1N1) in
Mexico
Listening to Podcasts• Energy saving • Facebook• Eating out and fast food• Adoption• Smuggling
iMovie: Oral Recordings• Ideal personality• Use of imagination • Immigration • Euthanasia • Globalization
Free topicFree topic
FreeTopic
Free Free Free topic
AssignedReading AssignedReading
AssignedReading
Listen to Podcasting
Listen to Podcasting
Listen to
Podcasting
Oral Recording via
iMovie
Oral Recording via
iMovie
Ratings of Task Types
Students’ Comments
Role of Feedback Linguistic feedback from the instructor
–Fluency vs. accuracy
–Focus-on-form
–Error correction Peer feedback on the content
–Reflective thinking
–Affective support
Ratings of Feedback
Podcasting:Spanish Food
“Tapas”
Podcasting:Spanish Food
“Tapas”
Assigned Reading
Reflective Thinking: Facebook
“Your point was interesting. I have never thought
about the parents. My mom has a facebook but
She only uses it to post family pictures. I agree
that facebook is a wonderful tool for us to
connect with people. However, I think people
spend too much time online. Also there is not
much privacy. I actually prefer email.”
(translated to English - podcasting)
Affective Support: Energy Saving
“I really enjoyed reading your entry about having
New York City go dark after Earth Hour. I did not
know about this and I think it is a great idea to
shut off the lights to save energy. I wish people
would turn off the light when they leave the room.
We wasted too much energy in this country. Well
done!! Matt.” (translated from Spanish - free topic)
Comments on Readings
“Most people made similar
observations about the readings and
some of comments were repetitive. I
did not find this assignment
engaging and useful.”
Comments on iMovie
#1 “Making voice recordings was time
consuming because it took a lot of time to
upload a video to Blogger.”
#2 “I did not feel comfortable making voice
recordings in the language lab and the quality
of the recordings was not very good.”
Comment on Linguistic Issues
Linguistic Improvement (Week 3)
El año pasado mi familia hizo un viaje a europa. Este fue mi primer viaje afuera de los estados unidos y mi primera vez en un avión. *Estuve muy emocionada y *tuve mucho miedo también. Cuando llegamos a Barcelona, *fueron casi las once de la tarde. Nos quedamos en Barcelona tres días y … Al final, *era muy contenta con la experiencia.
Linguistic Improvement (Week 8)
Me gustaban mucho estos podcasts. Empecé mirar la tele española y a veces, es muy dificíl comprender. La historia que Mariana y Ben hablaron [era] muy interesante. Un hombre [robó] muchos bancos y la policía no [pudo] cogerlo por 15 años. El hombre [llevaba] una peluca y [tenía] armas. La policía descubrió que robó casi 600,000 euros y mató dos guardias civiles.
Goals of Blog Projects
Four-skill approach to task-based instruction Less-structured controlled tasks Meaning-oriented interaction Focus-on-form reflection Community building
Teacher role in critical thinking process
For more information Lee, L. (2010). Fostering reflective writing
and interactive exchange through blogging
in an advanced language course. ReCALL,
22(2), 212-227.
PowerPoint: Look for ACTFL2010 http://lleeunh.wordpress.com/my-blogs/