The Effect of Vlogging on Developing Tour Guidance Students' EFL Presentation Skills and Reflective Thinking | ||
| Journal of Research in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Technology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2017, Pages 43-79 PDF (885.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jrciet.2017.24479 | ||
| Author | ||
| Marwa Said Mustafa El-Garawany | ||
| , Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| T his study aimed at investigating the effect of vlogging on developing EFL presentation skills and reflective thinking among Tour Guidance Department students. Participants (N = 18) were fourth year students enrolled in the Tour Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, during the first semester of the 2016- 2017 academic year. Two instruments were used: an EFL oral presentation skills test and a reflective thinking questionnaire. Both instruments were pre-post administered. The experiment lasted for two months during which students were trained on vlogging, created a group vlog on Facebook, uploaded three 3-min. video-recorded presentations to the group vlog, accompanied by self- and peer reflection. Results revealed that the students achieved significant gains in EFL presentation skills and reflective thinking. Thus, vlogging proved to have a positive effect on developing students' EFL presentation skills and reflective thinking. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Vlogging; EFL presentation skills; Reflective Thinking; Tour Guidance students | ||
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