PART 1:
The Challenges & Opportunities Involved in Optimizing Foreign Language Acquisition
with a Holistic Approach to Technology:
In our connected world, it has become indispensable for students to comprehend and represent knowledge in a multitude of formats.
Consequently, new educational approaches using digitally based literacy tools such as:
• Audio
• video
and various
• digital systems…are increasingly required.
Part 2:
The Use of Digital Film Communication as part of a Multiliteracies Curriculum Designed to Learn Spanish
a) Producing a film in a Spanish class, for example, offers the conditions necessary to augment the effectiveness of linguistic acquisition:a) Excellent input in the form of authentic materials;
b) Plenty of practice through oral communication;
c) Varied types of feedback;
and
d) Personalized content pertaining to the student’s learning style and interests
(Zhao, 2005)
The intent of this production is to demonstrate that using digital film production to learn a foreign language can be an effective part of a comprehensive technological program for language educators.
FILM: