I created this infographic to play with idea of using it as bonus material in the online English learning class that I’m constructing. The audience is adult French speakers learning English. I will therefore probably translate most of this into French, and change the colors to match with my brand if I end up using it. The goal of this infographic is to get its audience to think about the importance of being curious when learning a new language, and to think of curiosity as more of a skill to build. Students will come away from the infographic with specific questions they can ask themselves to be more curious and get more out of a learning opportunity. I wanted to challenge myself by choosing a topic that I wasn’t sure would be good for an infographic, since it’s less data oriented, and see if I could still make it visually interesting and helpful. I think infographics in my case would be most beneficial to be used in my blog or website to show more data oriented information such how MUCH English is spoken in the world and which skills, for example. However, I can see that using infographics for “how to” concepts such as “how to practice speaking on your own” could be insightful for students since they can present information in a more interesting and easy to understand way.
Learning Objectives:
I would like my students (French adults learning English) to understand what phrasal verbs are, learn a few phrasal verbs, and put into practice a technique for categorizing them. The students will also perform an activity where they can choose which phrasal verbs they’d like to learn, categorize them, and share them.
Professional Application:
I can see interactive presentations as being very useful for students who are learning information that works well in image and text format, such as with learning vocabulary.
Learning Objectives:
This is another piece of learning material for my French students learning English. First objective: Students will understand what connected speech is and why it’s helpful. Second objectives: students will see examples of connected speech, practice identifying it, and using it to make their English speaking more fluid.
Professional Application:
I intend on using screencasting to make how-to videos for students to become accustomed to different learning platforms and also as mini lessons where narration and images are more helpful than them just seeing a video of me talking.
Learning Objectives:
This video would be one of the exercises for my French students learning English in my online program. They will have already watched a video explaining how and when to use would have/could have/should have, done a mini quiz, and this will be the beginning of them putting into practice the concepts. The objective for this video is to get students thinking about the situations and imagining possible responses to the prompts using the right grammar to show what they mean. I would specify the intention of this video as being a warm up for them putting the concepts into practice more in their speaking groups.
Professional Application:
I absolutely intend on using interactive videos more in my online teaching, given that it’s adapted for the learning material. If I were to transition my main course videos into interactive ones, I would be sure to have the interactions encourage students to think about what they just learned and how to use it in their own ways. Otherwise, for my teaching context, I think interactive videos can be great as discussion prompts and also as interactive exercices like this one.
