Extending the flipped classroom model: Developing second language writing skills through student-created digital videos. Marion Engin
Aims
to leverage the students’
interest and experience of technology and multimodal environments
to develop the learners’ writing skills in terms of
linguistic accuracy and fluency, organization, and lexical appropriacy
second language learning
Background
Peer teaching
responsibility for scaffolding their classmates’ learning
The flipped classroom and second language learning
the input is
given out of the class through digital video tutorials
to promote peer and reciprocal teaching through video tutorials
Student-created digital videos and second language learning
to involve students in the production as well as the consumption of the digital videos
to move from novice to expert in the area of academic writing
skills
there is
little research that specifically examines the impact of student-created videos
Context
The author used a flipped classroom model
A federal university in the United Arab Emirates
composition class
a group of 18 Emirati female learners aged 19-21
Procedure
The author prepared ten digital videos on a variety of topics at the beginning
a research question, organizing an argumentative essay,
outlining, and writing a research proposal
The main outcome of the academic writing course was a 2,000 argumentative
researched paper on a topic
The secondary
outcomes of the course were specific language and writing skills to support their final paper
Instruments
A two-part questionnaire
Results
Language skills development through researching
Language development through simplifying
Language development through a focus on accuracy
Student perceptions: trustworthiness of the content and presentation
Limitations of the study
Lessons learnt and future projects
the need to examine the impact of technology on
student learning with rigorous procedures and evidence
to research on flipped classrooms and builds on work on
pedagogical models of second language learning
research on the role of students in the flipped
classroom needs to focus on students as both consumers and producers of digital material