Transforming Students into Digital Hakawati: Digital Storytelling in the AFL Classroom: Learners’ Attitudes and Recommendations
In a small exploratory pilot study, Digital Storytelling was used to enhance language learning and engagement as part of an Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) program. Twenty-three AFL learners studying in a seven-week intensive Arabic summer program participated in the pilot study. Participants...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages |
| Online Access: | http://www.ncolctl.org/files/jncolctl-vol-19/Transforming-Students-into-Digital-Hakawati.pdf |
| Summary: | In a small exploratory pilot study, Digital Storytelling was
used to enhance language learning and engagement as part of an
Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) program. Twenty-three AFL
learners studying in a seven-week intensive Arabic summer program
participated in the pilot study. Participants took a self-administered
online survey that rated their experience creating digital stories in
Arabic using three computer software programs and two iPad apps.
The results of the pilot study suggest that Digital Storytelling (DS)
can be an effective tool for enhancing Arabic instruction at multiple
proficiency levels. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-9031 1930-9031 |