Victoria Hasko (University of Georgia), Olga Thomason (University of Oslo)
PROMOTING NARRATIVE SKILLS IN RUSSIAN THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Digital Storytelling refers to the practice of using computer-based tools to create and digitally share stories, which can include brief to extended personal narratives, recounting of historical events, news casts, op-ed pieces, etc. More and more language educators are recognizing the pedagogical potential of digital storytelling as a tool promoting contextualized, creative, and engaging avenue for building narrative skills in foreign language learners with diverse learning styles. This presentation examines how digital storytelling can be incorporated into a program of study for intermediate-level students and what are the effects of such incorporation (using the corpora gathered in a third-year Russian Conversation and Composition course).
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2009 AATSEEL Conference, December 27-30, 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania