Here is the link of our Digital Equity and Perspectives pod project:
which is completed by JunhaoLin, XinxinWu, Crystal Jiang
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According to Wikipedia, Inquiry-based learning is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenario and it is often assisted by a facilitator rather than a lecturer.
After learning about the characteristics about the Inquiry-based Learning, I chose it as our project’s teaching method ultimately. There are many reasons for this, which are as follows:
Our group intended to teach people from various cultural background to learn French, which includes several parts, listening, speaking, reading as well as writing . All of our team members have rich language learning experience and are glad to share it with the learners. Kathleen and Charles (2016) indicated that curiosity and motivation lie at the heart of inquiry-based education. This approach to learning has turned traditional classrooms into high-energy learning centres, where (students) are excited to learn and participate. In my opinion, language learning requires not only scientific and efficient methods, but also students’ constant pursuit of new knowledge.
The reason why I chose Inquiry-based learning is that this kind of learning method is totally different from the traditional learning and teachers do not play the most important role in imparting knowledge. That is to say, it can not only cultivate students’ interest in exploring things, but also improve their ability to think of and solve the problems.
I knew that Inquiry-based learning is generally used in small scale investigations and projects, as well as research, whose strength is that it is suitable for our small class teaching(15-20 people) and it would be more efficient if people can cooperate with others in respective group. And it requires teachers to understand and apply the kind of inquiry that students are interested in and can really improve their language skills. According to our teaching mode, we think high of teaching the methods and ways of learning language instead of the knowledge itself, which is helpful to promote students’ engagement and deepens their understanding of the knowlege.
What’s more, as for the details of several interative activities of the project, we encourage students to access strong research materials and practice frequently to complete the questions or tasks we will post. Inquirt-based learning also gives students a chance to discover the meaning and necessity of learning French through their own efforts. For the final decision of choosing teaching method, we will discuss further in our group and welcome all of you to share your ideas and suggestions in comments with us!
If you are interested in the learning method chosen by my teammate, you can click the following links to get more information:
Reference:
How to use inquiry-based learning with young learners. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-inquiry-based-learning-young-learners
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