| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381928 | Entertainment Computing | 2013 | 8 Pages |
This article presents an Interactive Multimodal Environment (IME), the Stanza Logo-Motoria, designed to support learning in primary schools. In particular we describe the use of this system as a tool (a) to practice listening to English as a Second Language (ESL) and (b) to enable children with severe disabilities to perform an interactive listening. We document the ongoing experimentation of the Stanza Logo-Motoria in ESL lessons and report its encouraging results. Moreover, we explain how it may be possible, by means of the Stanza Logo-Motoria, to redesign traditional learning environments in order to allow pupils to experience listening as an active and engaging experience.
► The Stanza Logo-Motoria (SLM) is an Interactive Multimodal Environment (IME) aimed at enhancing teaching in primary schools. ► The primary focus of the SLM is “learning in movement”. ► We explain how the SLM is used to practice listening activities in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. ► We document in detail the results of the two-year experimentation of the SLM in ESL classes. ► Moreover, we describe how the SLM is used to enable children with severe disabilities to perform an entertaining listening.
