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The Use of a Storyboard Platform to Enhance Reading Comprehension: A Pedagogical Experience with EFL Pre-Service Teachers

Authors :
Flora Isabel Mandiola-Villalobos
Maria Angelica Inostroza-Macaya
Danisa Thamara Salinas-Carvajal
Source :
HOW. 2024 31(2):53-69.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

This study was based on an innovation project at the university level with English as a Foreign Language pre-service teachers. This experience was implemented with several language levels in different academic periods of the programme. The project aimed to apply a technological tool such as StoryboardThat, in contrast to the traditional pen-on-paper test, so that students could develop a zest for reading, allowing them to use it themselves and apply it in their teaching practices. After learning how to use the platform, they worked using a fiction novel assigned. In groups, they created three to six scenes summarizing one chapter and presented it to their peers. They stated that the project helped them improve their reading skills and inspired them to read more and use other similar platforms as an alternative in their future teaching practice. This pedagogical experience demonstrates that teachers foster a more positive attitude toward reading by integrating creativity into reading comprehension; it also equips pre-service teachers with practical tools and collaborative techniques they can apply in their future EFL teaching practice.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0120-5927
Volume :
31
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
HOW
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1441181
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research<br />Tests/Questionnaires