INNOVATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEO CLIPS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TEACHING

Abstract

Purpose. The objective of the study was to design a teaching innovation strategy through learning based on the video-clip to improve knowledge and overcome the difficulties that the university student presents in personal or group learning. Methodology. The research is based on the theoretical study and synthesis of scientific and methodological literature, analysis of the results of experimental training, generalization of the results obtained during project activities based on video clips. This pilot project was carried out with 5th-year students studying Practice of oral and written speech: Advanced level. Students have a high level of knowledge and a great interest in studying. The specifics of the subject also imply a high degree of participation in the proposed project. Students were offered several “dynamic tasks” reflecting a number of complex concepts from the curriculum. For each task, the participants developed a scenario in the form of a dialogue, which was corrected by the teacher during tutoring classes and used to create a video clip in which students had to act out a real-life situation related to the proposed topics. The impact of completed tasks on the group of participants was assessed through a survey. The advantage of this pilot project is that conditions have been created for students to actively express students’ individual identity, the opportunity to use the acquired language material in accordance with their speech-thinking capabilities, freely participate in the communication process. Results. Results showed that video-clip-based learning is a helpful tool not only for the acquisition of knowledge but also for enhancing communication skills and abilities by higher education students. Practical implications. The use of video clips in the practice of teaching foreign languages contributes to the development of students’ communication skills, increases their motivation, provides visualization of the studied material, the effectiveness of its assimilation.

Keywords

• video clip-based learning
• critical analysis
• communication skills
• learning foreign languages
• higher education