Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives
Publication Date
9-7-2013
Abstract
This article reflects on a tried and tested workflow for vocabulary building using the iPad apps Popplet, Pages and Puppet Pals. It will outline how these apps can be used together to help students brainstorm related lexical items, draw from this vocabulary to create dialogues with guidance from the teacher, and finally to act out these dialogues by choosing characters, props and backdrops, and recording their voices using the unique movie-making app Puppet Pals. This workflow has proven to be successful with female Emirati students completing the Academic Bridge Program at Zayed University, and its student-centered approach to learning is also transferable to other subject areas. Survey results are presented which indicate that this workflow is a motivating and memorable way to develop vocabulary/ concept knowledge.
DOI Link
ISSN
2077-5504
Volume
10
Issue
2
First Page
43
Last Page
51
Disciplines
Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hopkyns, Sarah and Nicoll, Timothy, "A student-centered approach to vocabulary building using Popplet, Pages and Puppet Pals" (2013). All Works. 276.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/276
Indexed in Scopus
no
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series