Innovation in Language Learning

Despite the foreign language community’s historical interest in employing technology to support language learning, few research studies have targeted the use of digital stories to address the writing needs and challenges of gifted young learners in an FL environment. This study examines the effectiveness of digital stories in enhancing the literacy practices of the aforementioned learners at the secondary level. It focuses on an in-depth study of an Interactive Model Approach of the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational) in its desire to address the writing needs, interests and learning styles of gifted young learners in their Spanish class through the implementation of such digital platforms. Strategies for teaching writing in the target language, specifically Spanish, in a natural and flowing way and venues to increase the writing effectiveness in the content area are analyzed in detail.  

Keywords: Digital stories, literacy practices, Interactive Model, and collaborative learning;