HRONOVÁ, Štěpánka. Customization of EFL Materials. In Beseda J., Rohlíková L. DisCo 2018: Overcoming the Challenges and the Barriers in Open Education - 13th conference reader. 1st ed. Prague: Centre for Higher Education Studies. p. 385-394. ISBN 978-80-86302-83-6. 2018.
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Original name Customization of EFL Materials
Name in Czech Uzpůsobování EFL materiálů
Authors HRONOVÁ, Štěpánka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition 1. vyd. Prague, DisCo 2018: Overcoming the Challenges and the Barriers in Open Education - 13th conference reader, p. 385-394, 10 pp. 2018.
Publisher Centre for Higher Education Studies
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
WWW Celý sborník
RIV identification code RIV/04274644:_____/18:#0000468
Organization unit University of Finance and Administration
ISBN 978-80-86302-83-6
UT WoS 000475841400036
Keywords (in Czech) Uzpůsobení/kastomizace; Vzdělávání; Angličtina jako cizí jazyk (EFL); Učební a studijní materiály; Technologie
Keywords in English Customization; Education; English as a Foreign Language (EFL); Teaching and learning materials; Technologies
Tags AR 2018-2019, cervenec_2019_o, RIV_2020, unor_2020_o, WOS, xD1_překvalifikování, xD2
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Dominika Moravcová, učo 21787. Changed: 8/4/2020 14:37.
Abstract
Being an educator and a language lecturer for about a quarter of a century, the author has come across a wide variety of styles, approaches, tools and platforms enhancing foreign language acquisition, English in particular. Achieving outstanding results is a challenging issue for EFL teachers all the more that technologies, materials, aids and even the content supporting EFL acquisition face obsolescence after certain period; their lifecycles inexorably come to their end. Apart from stimulating background and intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of students, customization of EFL materials can offer a partial solution to the problem. Here, educational concepts and goals may merge with theoretical marketing concepts. The objective of this paper is to identify, explore and evaluate the educational potentials of state-of-the-art methods of changing an English class into a more intellectually stimulating and more engaging place where students are willing to immerse into learning due to meaningful customization of EFL materials. Simultaneously, the necessary skills of teachers for successful customization of EFL materials are explored as well, especially in view of dynamic technological advances. The paper is complemented by the results of an exploratory probe focused on the university teachers and their current practice and experience in EFL materials' customization. In this survey, a special attention is given to customization of learning materials with the help of new technologies, especially mobile video and audio formats, communication platforms of social media, incorporation of mobile apps, and blogging/vlogging. It is the aim of the author to open a discussion on EFL customization methods and suggest professional sharing platforms varying from international conferences and seminars to information sharing platforms. A dynamic approach to EFL materials' customization represents a significant contribution aiming at boosting genuine interests of students in learning English while acquiring real life English language communication skills.
Abstract (in Czech)
Příspěvek se zabývá potřebou vyučujících anglického jazyka neustále přizpůsobovat a aktualizovat výukové materiály. Článek je doplněn mezinárodní výzkumnou sondou mezi vyučujícími v evropských státech.
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