Innovation in Language Learning

In this paper, I have introduced the use of videos and animated clips in my ESP classroom to study the impact of new modes of cognitive involvement made possible by digital online communications on learner motivation and performance. The study was conducted on a video making practice carried out by under-graduate students at the Faculty of Sciences in Morocco to explore the impact both the use of interactive technology and reliance on multimedia resources have on ESP learning and learner motivation. The results revealed that video assignments can foster learner motivation as well as enhance a natural and flexible language learning process. On the basis of these findings, The paper argues for a multimodal pedagogical practice to promote sustainability in higher education. This new perception of the ESP classroom implies that the video assignment practice calls for an urgent pedagogical response on the part of language educators to revisit past monomodal practices, which should be complemented by technology-based activities to meet the needs of this new generation of learners

Keywords: Technology-based activity, video assignments, Multimodal Pedagogy, motivation, sustainability, digital online communications