Promoting English through Digital Photography

A foreign language context offers few opportunities for foreign language learners to be exposed to the target language outside the classroom. Besides, the classroom per se cannot provide varied real situations where the target language can be acquired. What a challenge! Thanks to the twenty-first century technology, we can maximize exposure to target language even beyond the classroom. Devices like smart phones, tablets and digital cameras are equipped with electronic photo detectors to capture images and videos. The audience will learn how such devices can be optimum not only for bringing the real world to the classroom but also for taking the learners to the real world outside the classroom boundaries. They will also learn how to help their learners develop a sense of ownership of the input and output they may create with the help of digital photography. In the practical stages, participants will get involved in hands-on activities where they will discover the multi-purposes of digital photos use in class. For example, they will use photography to promote class discussions, lexical knowledge, and project-based activities.