TELL and Innovated BB Study Materials Reflecting Learning Style Preferences

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Published: Apr 6, 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v2i6.1428

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Dagmar El-Hmoudovaa
University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, Hradec Kralove, 500 03, Czech Republic

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Language education especially on tertiary level has always been in need of pedagogically effective teaching materials. Innovated, teacher-made materials can not only respond to current events and local context, but they can also be directed much more effectively toward the interests and needs of particular learners. In this paper we emphasize creative and interactive approaches to English as a second language teaching, and offer a broad range of strategies and techniques with respect to our students' learning style preferences. Based on our research within a group of 104 students of Management and Tourism, we present multiple modalities and innovative materials administered to our students in the University Blackboard LMS. We explore any evidence regarding how innovated study materials can enhance acquisition of language skills and whether students react positively and improve their language proficiency.

 

Keywords: TELL; learning style preferences; Blackboard; innovated materials

 

 

 

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El-Hmoudovaa, D. (2017). TELL and Innovated BB Study Materials Reflecting Learning Style Preferences. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(6), 42–50. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v2i6.1428
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Vol. 2 No. 6 (2016): Selected Papers of 4th World Conference on Psychology and Sociology (PSYSOC 2015)
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