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El aprendizaje del inglés a través de la creación colaborativa de relatos digitales del ámbito turístico

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[EN] This paper presents an educational innovation project focused on the use of digital storytelling in English for Specific Purposes teaching, specifically in English language courses for Tourism. With a socio-constructive approach and a focus on active learning, in this project students in the second, third and fourth year of the Degree in Tourism and the Double Degree in Tourism and Business Administration from the University of Valencia were invited to create tourism promotional videos reflecting their professional communicative situations. This was done through a number of interrelated tasks which included introductory activities, teamwork planning, storyboarding and script preparation, video editing, oral presentations and peer evaluation. The analysis of the data collected through field notes, collaborative work plan worksheets, assessment rubrics, opinion and assessment questionnaires completed by students and teachers, and a discussion group held among teachers, yielded positive results concerning the development of this activity and methodology. It fostered students’ motivation while developing their linguistic, interpersonal, teamwork, digital and problem solving competences