Students as Doers: Examples of Successful E-Learning Activities

This paper discusses learning language and communication activities that focus on students' concrete involvement in their learning process. The activities first deal with student-produced blogs and digital videos in business Spanish. They then present student-produced podcasts for Swedish busin...

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Published inEuropean Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL)
Main Authors Tammelin, Maija, Peltonen, Berit, Puranen, Pasi, Auvinen, Lis
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL) 2012
Subjects
Business Communication
College Second Language Programs
Electronic Learning
Experiential Learning
Feedback (Response)
Finland
Finno Ugric Languages
Language Skills
Learning Activities
Learning Processes
Spanish
Student Developed Materials
Swedish
Video Technology
Web 2.0 Technologies
Finland
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Summary:This paper discusses learning language and communication activities that focus on students' concrete involvement in their learning process. The activities first deal with student-produced blogs and digital videos in business Spanish. They then present student-produced podcasts for Swedish business communication learners that are meant for speakers of Finnish. Finally, the activities introduce language karaoke for individual pronunciation practice in Swedish. These successful "learning by doing" activities have shown to enhanced the students' motivation and interest in learning.