Citizen Journalism as a Form of Multimodal Composing: Understanding Students' Self-Reported Affordances, Constraints, and Follow-Up Learning Goals

Autor/in	Chen, Cheryl Wei-yu
Titel	Citizen Journalism as a Form of Multimodal Composing: Understanding Students' Self-Reported Affordances, Constraints, and Follow-Up Learning Goals
Quelle	In: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 14 (2020) 5, S.481-495 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen, Cheryl Wei-yu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-1229
DOI	10.1080/17501229.2019.1628242
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Adolescents; Citizen Participation; Journalism; News Reporting; Student Attitudes; Affordances; Writing Assignments; Film Production; Translation; Multimedia Materials; Goal Orientation; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Journalistik; Journalismus; News report; Reportage; Schülerverhalten; Filmproduktion; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	The current study invited a group of adolescent Taiwanese learners to take the role of citizen journalists and make news reports on issues of their interests. Student perceptions of the affordances and constraints of this multimodal writing assignment were gauged through an open-ended questionnaire which students filled out at the end of the semester. It was found that the top three affordances perceived by students were film-making techniques, Chinese-to-English translation skills, and organizing information to make a video. The project also provided them with novel experiences such as interviewing someone. However, because of the varying levels of student commitment to group projects and how different tasks were delegated, some students felt that their exploration was not in-depth enough, and their learning was limited to the tasks they were responsible for. Students also set their future learning goals after they completed their videos. This article concludes with recommendations for future research and pedagogy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01