| Summary: | Grammar podcasts from the BBC or MPR may be used creatively in a multimedia learning environment to enhance the conceptual awareness of language functioning or for remedial work with 1rst year language students. The weekly audition of a cast of grammatis personae, combined with the voice of the official grammar workshop instructor, not only creates a new, stimulating form of metalinguistic polyphony but may also serve as a starting point for corpus design and investigation (classroom concordancing). Students are encouraged to create their own electronic grammar portfolio which may include descriptions of form and usage, authentic written, oral, pictographic and video examples, as well as simple, reliable teaching material that may be shared with other group members. Roles and identities shift, as students – especially those experiencing learning difficulties – are asked to act as compilers of teaching resources and occasional group instructors.
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