Sandra Valnes Quammen, Romance Studies

During the Spring 2009 semester, two third-semester French classes used VoiceThread to implement a three-part video journal project designed to enhance students’ skills in listening comprehension, oral expression, and their understanding of aspects of French culture. Over the course of the semester, students studied short French language video clips on topics related to the course curriculum (education, transportation, and cinema) and then used VoiceThread and webcams provided by a DDI grant to record their reactions to this material and to view contributions from their classmates. In this presentation, I’ll share examples of prompts and student work as well as student and instructor feedback on the project. I’ll also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the VoiceThread tool for this project.