TABLETS IN ENGLISH CLASS

BACKGROUND

• Tablets popular among young people in Sweden
• This development resonates in school
• Flexible, user-friendly, relatively cheap

TEACHER'S INTENTION

• Work with authentic language
• Learn new vocabulary
• Present findings to classmates

THE CASE

• One class in year 6
• One teacher
• Filmed with 3 cameras
• Interviews
• Documents

ONLINE DICTIONARY WORK

• 1 lesson each with 2 groups
• Sequence of 10 minutes
• 3 students, the teacher (and I)

TEACHER'S INSTRUCTIONS

• Oral: make yourself acquainted with some online dictionaries
• Written: examples on the board

MY AIM

• Analyze and describe how the students deal with the open instructions of the task

CONCLUSIONS

• Open instructions rely on students' interpretations
• Less accessible to students who do not understand the teacher's expectations
• Tablet work supported the students' inquisitiveness and power of initiative

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