Kill three birds with one stone: Framework-assisted, Project-based Instruction

Edited by LIU Yujia, LU Leyan, YAO Lili, YAO Yuyong   This post is based on The Project Framework: a tool for language, content, and skills integration by Beckett and Slater (2005). Have you ever thought about acquiring language, content, and skills simultaneously? Image from pixabay.com To encourage students’ concurrent acquisition of language, content, and […]

Writing on Social Media: Transforming from Language Learners to Language Users

Edited by Yiming LU, Xuanxuan QI, Luyao ZHU, Zhijia ZHANG Have you ever used social media platforms for language learning and using? How do you write your posts? Image from pixabay.com Introduction The development of the Internet makes it possible for learners to integrate social media platforms into language learning and using, and one of […]

Multimodal Design for Our Writing (Building on On becoming facilitators of multimodal composing and digital design by Diane D. Belcher)

Edited by Jaclyn, Joyce, Ada and Bay If you are asked to write an essay in your L2, what comes to your mind first? Is it a piece of writing with lengthy sentences, elusive grammar, or large paragraphs? Or is it strictly structured like the five-paragraph essay sample below which is frequently used in our TOFEL and IELTS tests? Sometimes, it seems […]

A fun way? Learning through Digital Multimodal Composing (DMC)

By Ariel, Erin, Phyllis, Stefanie. “There are things I feel shy and difficult to speak directly about with English … Video production allowed me to accompany my on-screen narration with my favourite music. This make me feel more comfortable about English speaking …” (a student’s reflection on a DMC programme) Image Credit: cdd20 Pixabay License Do you encounter similar problems to this […]

A New Approach to Language Learning — Digital Multimodal Composing

Edited by Winnie, Charlene, Pesy & Rachel Have you ever tried to make a video or audio with your classmates in English classes? What impression did these experiences give you? This type of class participation activities in the field of digital multimodal composing (DMC) has drawn attention in language teaching and there has been a […]