The Reflective Journal Languages through the Technology Lens Mariel Lombard Pymble Ladies’ College

The reflective journal: What is it? An online progress report on each language student (Year 7) Usually held in the school’s Virtual Classroom Divided into four parts: PART 1: Establishing the learner PART 2: Strategies to help the learner PART 3: Self-reflection on activities PART 4: Opportunities for extension

PART 1: Establishing the learner Completed in Week 1, Term 1 This aims to establish the student as a language learner It requires the students to think about how they learn best, their prior learning and ways in which they absorb information

My language biography

How I learn languages

Learning preferences

PART 2: Strategies to help the learner This second part aims to provide the student with the tools necessary to progress in French. It includes a range of resources and helpful handouts on how to approach each language skill.

Some tips on how to learn a language. Aimed particularly at year 7 students. General strategies

A range of resources offered to the student specifically discussing each skill. It also includes practice exercises for the students. Skill based strategies

PART 3: Self-reflection This 3 rd part is designed to allow the student to assess their own performance in class tasks and assessment tasks. They are required to reflect on how they went, how much preparation they put into it and how to better their performance in the next task.

Reflection on activity

STUDENT SAMPLE

Skills check list

PART 4: Opportunities for extension Finally, the students were given the opportunity to explore the language outside of the classroom. They were given a range of tasks they could do including cooking something French, watching a French movie, listening to French music and writing about it, etc. They uploaded their diary entries including pictures on the OneNote.

Personal Diary

STUDENT SAMPLE

Special thanks to Salina Bussien who helped design this reflective journal.