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Active Learning Tour Route: Engagement In An Unconventional Environment, Hattie Molina
Active Learning Tour Route: Engagement In An Unconventional Environment, Hattie Molina
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When guest attend Bowling Green State University for a campus visit, a majority of their experience is comprised of tour guides talking “at” them. The campus tour is made up of a lot of facts and stories provided by the tour guide, but few questions by guests or based on comments from guests. One way to solve this is to create an Active Learning Tour route where guest are the center of their own campus learning experience. According to the research, the components of Active Learning have many facets that branch into other aspects including technology and humor. The aim …
Integrating Technology To Improve Communicative And Cultural Proficiency, Nicholas Frank
Integrating Technology To Improve Communicative And Cultural Proficiency, Nicholas Frank
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The purpose of this report is to explore how the integration of technology can enhance students’ communicative and cultural proficiency in a second language by connecting two world language classrooms from across the globe. Through a series of weekly emails between partners, students practiced their reading and writing skills while gaining knowledge of their partners’ culture and colloquial language in a meaningful and individualized manner. The participants were high school students in the United States who were learning Spanish and high school students in Spain who were learning English. This created an authentic and organic environment for language acquisition, showing …