Media – text – comprehension. New media in first language teaching
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21030/anyp.2017.2.5Keywords:
new media, text production, digital competence, media text, Z generationAbstract
Relating to the renewal of the methodological culture of teachers, this study aims to introduce the opportunities of how to use new media. In the theoretical introduction, it discusses generational differences and provides a short overview of the interpretations of new media. Emphasizing the content-producing and content-organizing functions of new media, it introduces exercises that are suitable for learning various narration techniques. The aim is to provide ideas with a motivational force for first language teaching that are based on simple technologies. The self-made exercises are mainly related to media texts, many of them available online. Their common characteristics are playfulness, visuality, and creativity. They develop text comprehension and text production competences, the competence to jointly interpret visual and verbal information, and problem-solving thinking.