[college lecture] my call/mall projects for korean efl learners

Presenter: Chaewon LimResearch Assistant

At the graduate school of TESOL

My Three Projects under the Guidance of

Dr. Heyoung Kim

1. Activoca

2. ER Book Studio

3. Multimodal Writing Practice

Followed by

Q & A

Platform Characteristic

1. Activoca Weebly(Blog)

Hands-on

2. ER Book Studio

KimsQ(XML Homepage)

Hands-on

3. MultimodalWriting Practice(Digital Storytelling)

Google Plus(SNS)

Part of Project

1. Activoca

– A vocabulary learning blog site-Various web 2.0 tools

Activoca -Significance of the project-

• Target level: 2nd-year middle school students

• Why? - in need of further depth and scope of the list of vocabulary on the students’ textbooks

Activoca is…

A vocabulary

learning material

which can be used

as in-class or self-

directed learning

resources

lack in limited usages and

authentic contextsHow

“How about making students notice the meanings of

the target vocabularies through Web 2.0 tools?”

Activoca

-Inductive approach to vocabulary learning

http://activoca.weebly.com

Visuwords.com or

Thesaurs

Activoca- Various Web 2.0 Tools

Pattern findings

Treasure Hunt

Activoca- Various Web 2.0 Tools

Error Detecting

Hot Potatoes

Animated Movies

GoAnimate.com

Activoca- Navigation Support by Weebly

Mobile Version

2. ER Book Studio (ERBS)

http://estartmentor.co.kr/er_studio

Kims Q (http://kimsq.co.kr)

Extensive Reading

=> Reading a lot of easy books of

students’ choice

ERBS- Significance of the project

Too quiet? Even boring?

Not so sustainable?

수능??

Extensive Reading

Adopting the interaction modes

through the web will be one of the

keys to the sustainability of an

extensive reading curriculum.

I created this homepage

compatible with mobile devices so

that students can participate in

mobile activities on the spot.

ERBS- Features of the platform

• Activities for extensive reading on i-pads or

mobile phones – vocab note, discussion,

writing activities

ERBS- Features of the platform

• Listen & Read – Showbox, Links to

Storytelling Sites

The Third Place

3. Multimodal Writing Practice

on a Smart Application

The Use of “Multimodes” for EFL narrative writing

Multimodal Writing Practice

through Google Plus App

Types of writing activities

-Summarizing

-Describing the character

-Writing a different ending

-Sharing the topic-related

experience

Examples of Students’ Writings

Micro-writing: Short but Accurate

Digital Storytelling (Written or Spoken)

Thank you!!