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Learner generated digital content: from posters to videos to promote content acquisition in a language class

This article explores the use of Learner Generated Digital Content (LGDC) in the context of advanced Spanish language modules. An approach to learning and teaching frequently used and extensively researched in disciplines such as medicine and natural sciences, LGDC has in recent years made a cautious appearance in the area of modern languages (Lambert, Philp, & Nakamura, 2017). In the present case, LGDC becomes a powerful tool to address the challenge of introducing content acquisition in what is primarily a language module. Through the creation and sharing of a range of archivable learner generated digital material (posters and videos), learners and teachers collaborate to develop a living and open access information resource that can be expanded and used by successive cohorts of students in a cumulative process of knowledge generation and knowledge exchange. Scheduled at different points throughout the term and designed to result in texts of increasing linguistic complexity, these tasks encourage students to engage with the process of content acquisition and provide them with opportunities to practise and refine the linguistic skills required for the successful completion of their final assessment (an individual presentation). The introduction of LGDC in the module teaching and learning strategy led to a noticeable increase in student engagement, as evidenced by the results of questionnaires 1. Regent’s University London, London, United Kingdom; lecumbee@regents.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-4123 2. Regent’s University London, London, United Kingdom; pastorgonv@regents.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-3933 How to cite this chapter: Lecumberri, E., & Pastor-González, V. (2020). Learner generated digital content: from posters to videos to promote content acquisition in a language class. In A. Lallana, L. Hernández Martín & M. Fuertes Gutiérrez (Eds), Five years of ELEUK conferences: a selection of short papers from 2019 (pp. 89-99). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.41.1078