Cover Image

A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri

Innovations in second language teaching are desirable because such practices will help to maintain students’ interest and motivation in the classroom. Various research has reported the significance of incorporating stimulating reading texts in ESL classrooms. This paper aims to report how innovative...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saad, Sharina, Amat, Rafidah, Subri, Shafila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2023
Subjects:
T Technology (General)
Creative ability in technology
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/1/86813.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/
https://idealogyjournal.com/
https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uitm.ir.86813
record_format eprints
spelling my.uitm.ir.868132023-11-12T13:18:08Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/ A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri idealogy Saad, Sharina Amat, Rafidah Subri, Shafila T Technology (General) Creative ability in technology Innovations in second language teaching are desirable because such practices will help to maintain students’ interest and motivation in the classroom. Various research has reported the significance of incorporating stimulating reading texts in ESL classrooms. This paper aims to report how innovative ideas on using reading texts which are based on the tales of indigenous people in Malaysia can leave significant impact in an ESL classroom. This innovation project was in the form of a project work given to a group of 30 diploma students undergoing a proficiency class. Reading is one of the main components in the syllabus. One of the subcomponents in reading for this subject is to read, understand, and provide personal responses to short stories. The students were asked to read a few ghost stories based on the lives of Semai people from a book entitled The Myths of Semai prior to their folktales project. The project required the students to retell the story in the form of animated videos. They made story boards to help dramatize the tales and then used video editing apps to compile the story boards into videos of the chosen folktales. They played the videos in class and uploaded them to YouTube for other ESL learners. At the end of the project, students were asked to write a reflective journal about their learning experiences with Semai folktales. The responses were analysed based on the emerging themes which occur in the students’ reflections. The findings on this innovative project should contribute to deeper understanding on how animating the folktales can impact ESL students’ learning and how using the stories from indigenous people can enhance cross-cultural awareness and acceptance of different traditions. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2023-09 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/1/86813.pdf A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri. (2023) Idealogy Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Idealogy_Journal/>, 8 (2). ISSN 2550-214X https://idealogyjournal.com/ https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444 https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Mara
content_source UiTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://ir.uitm.edu.my/
language English
topic T Technology (General)
Creative ability in technology
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Creative ability in technology
Saad, Sharina
Amat, Rafidah
Subri, Shafila
A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
description Innovations in second language teaching are desirable because such practices will help to maintain students’ interest and motivation in the classroom. Various research has reported the significance of incorporating stimulating reading texts in ESL classrooms. This paper aims to report how innovative ideas on using reading texts which are based on the tales of indigenous people in Malaysia can leave significant impact in an ESL classroom. This innovation project was in the form of a project work given to a group of 30 diploma students undergoing a proficiency class. Reading is one of the main components in the syllabus. One of the subcomponents in reading for this subject is to read, understand, and provide personal responses to short stories. The students were asked to read a few ghost stories based on the lives of Semai people from a book entitled The Myths of Semai prior to their folktales project. The project required the students to retell the story in the form of animated videos. They made story boards to help dramatize the tales and then used video editing apps to compile the story boards into videos of the chosen folktales. They played the videos in class and uploaded them to YouTube for other ESL learners. At the end of the project, students were asked to write a reflective journal about their learning experiences with Semai folktales. The responses were analysed based on the emerging themes which occur in the students’ reflections. The findings on this innovative project should contribute to deeper understanding on how animating the folktales can impact ESL students’ learning and how using the stories from indigenous people can enhance cross-cultural awareness and acceptance of different traditions.
format Article
author Saad, Sharina
Amat, Rafidah
Subri, Shafila
author_facet Saad, Sharina
Amat, Rafidah
Subri, Shafila
author_sort Saad, Sharina
title A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
title_short A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
title_full A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
title_fullStr A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
title_full_unstemmed A silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ Sharina Saad, Rafidah Amat and Shafila Subri
title_sort silent folks: a modern lore preserving the indigenous folktales, myths, and legends in the digital era/ sharina saad, rafidah amat and shafila subri
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak
publishDate 2023
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/1/86813.pdf
https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/86813/
https://idealogyjournal.com/
https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v8i2.444
_version_ 1783882320011329536
score 13.211869

Similar Items