¿Qué pasa Dude? : Getting Students to Converse in Spanish Beyond the Classroom
Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2014
Location
Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-11-2014 6:00 PM
End Date
4-11-2014 7:00 PM
Disciplines
Education
Abstract
In the Spanish foreign language classroom, traditional teaching methods leave students anxious and uninterested in the study of the language and prevent them from speaking and acquiring the language. Research shows teachers who incorporate communicative teaching methods with technology into the foreign language classroom find focusing on communication improves students’ motivation and self-esteem as well as increases their fluency in the language. In this qualitative self-study of student teaching, I integrated communicative teaching methods through conversational language with use of wikispaces and Skype in a Spanish 3 classroom in order to explore their effect on their acquisition of Spanish. Based upon data from my field notes and student work, I found conversational CLT methods improved student motivation and increased the usage of the language both inside and outside of the classroom.
¿Qué pasa Dude? : Getting Students to Converse in Spanish Beyond the Classroom
Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University
In the Spanish foreign language classroom, traditional teaching methods leave students anxious and uninterested in the study of the language and prevent them from speaking and acquiring the language. Research shows teachers who incorporate communicative teaching methods with technology into the foreign language classroom find focusing on communication improves students’ motivation and self-esteem as well as increases their fluency in the language. In this qualitative self-study of student teaching, I integrated communicative teaching methods through conversational language with use of wikispaces and Skype in a Spanish 3 classroom in order to explore their effect on their acquisition of Spanish. Based upon data from my field notes and student work, I found conversational CLT methods improved student motivation and increased the usage of the language both inside and outside of the classroom.