Edutainment Technologies Research Articles

Edutainment as a Modern French Language Teaching Technology of Prospective Philologists and Translators

Introduction. The development of the system of teaching foreign languages and cultures in institutions of higher education requires regular updating of the components of this system, in particular, modern technologies for teaching foreign languages and cultures to the students of various specialties. Among such technologies, the edutainment technology stands out for the formation of foreign language linguistic / linguo-sociocultural competences. Purpose. To present the technology of edutainment on the example of a specific exercise using a support, a poem by the French poet Paul Verlaine, as one of the means of this technology and justify the feasibility of using this means. Methods. Reviewing the studies that have already been conducted, analyzing the feasibility of using this technology on the example of specific exercises. Results. The study showed that the edutainment technology, namely its specific means, a poem, can be used during online and offline classes on learning foreign languages and cultures. This technology will contribute to better assimilation of the material, and will enhance student’ interest and motivation. Conclusion. To sum up, the use of poetry in classes as one of the means of the edutainment technology for teaching the French language and culture contributes to the effective formation of students’ lexical and phonetic components of the French-language communicative competence. Further research involves the study of other means of the edutainment technology for teaching the French language and culture to students – prospective philologists and translators, teachers.

Edutainment as a Modern Japanese Language Teaching Technology (Using Songs and Web Quest)

Introduction. Among the modern trends in the development of education, there is a growing demand for entertainment projects. In teaching foreign languages and cultures in institutions of higher education, active learning entertainment technologies also occupy a prominent place, because they have significant potential. Purpose. To demonstrate the linguodidactic and socio-cultural potential of using songs and web quests as edutainment technology tools in teaching the Japanese language and culture to university students. Methods. Consideration and practical application of some modern approaches to the use of educational technologies through the example of songs and web quests in order to analyze the features and benefits of their use. Results. The possibilities of using songs in the educational process in the formation of language, speech and socio-cultural competencies were analyzed and demonstrated. There were provided examples of exercises for working with song material and web quests at the beginner and advanced stages of learning the Japanese language and culture. It can be concluded that the use of edutainment technology tools in learning foreign languages and cultures has a positive impact on student’s motivation, promotes the activation and practical application of knowledge, skills and abilities acquired in the learning process and significantly diversifies it. Conclusion. Songs and web quests as tools of educational technologies can perform educational, upbringing and developmental functions and have significant methodological potential as a modern teaching tool that deserves further study. At the same time, we cannot deny the fact that educational technology tools like songs and web quests are not an alternative to academic education.

Peculiarities of Humorous Dialogues of the Japanese Comic Performance Genre of Manzai

Introduction. Researchers have pointed out that dialogue itself may be considered from the point of view of intercultural interaction. This is connected with the process of forming intercultural foreign language communicative competence that at recent times has been frequently carried out through information and communication technologies etc. Due to that, we have chosen as the object of our research the humorous dialogues of the Japanese comic performance genre of manzai, which we retrieved from the educational and entertainment video (one of the means of edutainment technology). Methods. Based on the classification of the peculiarities of the dialogues such as communicative, psychological, and linguistic ones developed by Ukrainian researchers we made an analysis of the Japanese dialogues of manzai genre and distinguished their functional types. Results. The analysis of the mentioned above dialogues revealed that first of all the dialogues may be considered as the ones of the combined type from the point of view of their functions. As well as we have clarified that dialogical unities of the analyzed dialogues often may have combinations of peculiarities such as psychological and linguistic ones or linguistic and communicative ones. Also, we have defined the peculiarity which provides the comic effect in these dialogues and serves as the base for what dialogue of such kind is developing. Conclusion. To sum up, it was found that the mentioned above peculiarities of the dialogues play a significant role in the process of forming intercultural foreign language communicative competence. Therefore, we consider this research useful for developing exercises for Japanese language students to form competence in dialogical speech using the educational and entertainment videos of the Japanese comic performance genre of manzai.

Educational and entertainment video (comic episodes of performance genre of manzai) as a modern method of Japanese teaching

One of the popular and efficient technologies of teaching foreign languages and cultures in recent time is edutainment technology. It’s been considered as the one which brings positive results having as its elements learning, media and play / entertainment. The purpose of this article is to research educational and entertainment videos of the Japanese comic performance genre of manzai as an edutainment technology which effectively helps forming communicative and also linguo-sociocultural competence among students of the beginner level particularly majoring in translation. Also our target is toshow the main features of mentioned technology and its merits among other ones. Methods. Various researches on technology of edutainment have been overviewed to present its representative features. Results. In this research educational and entertainment video (comic episodes of the Japanese performance genre of manzai) has been analyzed from the point of view of its structure and linguistic peculiarities and evaluated as a considerable technology to present and to broaden vocabulary of the Japanese language in humoristic non-formal way which makes learning more efficient and interesting. It’s been also shown as a source to deepen the comprehension of mentality and communicative behavior of the Japanese which helps to form linguo-sociocultural competence. Conclusion. Having considered various merits of mentioned above technology we estimate it as the one which is warrant attention during the classes of the Japanese language at the beginner level in particular.

Kahoot! as a modern tool for learning the Arabic language: from the experience of developing grammatical competence of the prospective Arabic language translators

The development of the system of teaching foreign languages and cultures in institutions of higher education requires regular updating of the components of this system, in particular, modern means of teaching foreign languages and cultures. Among such tools, Kahoot! platform stands out as a means of edutainment technology for the professional competences development, in particular prospective translators, where the grammatical competence occupies a leading place as general foreign language speech competence’s component. The purpose of this article is to substantiate theoretically the effectiveness (feasibility) of using the Kahoot! educational and gaming platform as a means of edutainment technology for the grammatical competencedevelopment of the students – the prospective Arabic language translators. Results. On the basis of the application mentioned above, the teachers of the KNLU Oriental Studies Department created two games on the topic “Numerals in Arabic” and “What time is it?”, which are aimed at developing educational and cognitive, grammatical and orthographic competences. The game is designed for the 1st-year students studying Arabic, majoring in “the Arabic language”. Test tasks, even with low results achieved by those who study, mostly do not cause such negative emotions in them, which can significantly reduce positive motivation to study foreign languages. This is due to the complete objectivity of the test control and its transparency. This can help to solveseveral issues such as, the reading speed of numbers used in Arab countries increases, multiple repetition of certain grammatical clichés increases speed of their construction in the further process of speech activity and also increase student’s motivation to be involved in the studying grammar. Conclusion. Using Kahoot! as a means of modern teaching technology, edutainment in classes on the practice of oral and written speech in the Arabic language contributes to the effective educational, cognitive and grammatical linguistic competence development of the students – the prospective Arabic language translators.

ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ «ЭДЬЮТЕЙНМЕНТ» ПРИ ОБУЧЕНИИ ИНОСТРАННЫХ СТУДЕНТОВ АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

In the context of globalization, many Russian universities are interested in attracting foreign students to receive higher education, however, for successful studying, foreign students need to integrate into education process, as well as into the socio-cultural life of the country. The contradictions that arise between the requirements of modern society for the effective integration of foreign students into the educational process and the insufficient development of the methodology for teaching a foreign language to foreign students lead to the need to develop a new learning technology. The purpose of the research is to analyze the use of edutainment technology means in teaching English for groups of foreign students of South Ural State University. The authors analyzed the concept of “edutainment technology”; revealed the awareness of foreign students about the types of means of edutainment technology in the education process of the university; analyzed the effectiveness of the use of edutainment technology in foreign language teaching. The educators’ attitude to the use of edutainment technology as a means of language training was revealed. The edutainment technology was introduced into the process of teaching English to foreign students, based on the analysis of educators' answers. To perform the tasks the theoretical (analysis of existing research) and empirical (questionnaires, interviews, Cronbach’s alpha method of mathematical data processing) methods were applied. The results of the study showed that most of the students were not aware of some of the means of edutainment technology and their application possibilities. Educators were not aware of many of the edutainment technology means. The main difficulties the educators faced were: lack of time to master this technology, lack of knowledge of new tools. These results will help educators and specialists in the field of language training in teaching English to foreign students using edutainment.

Применение технологии эдьютейнмента в развитии когнитивных способностей студентов

The article discusses creative technologies that not only develop cognitive abilities, but also become non-standard tools in enhancing creative activity, including educational activities. By increasing the role of creative approaches to the educational process, it becomes possible to maintain feedback with students, which in modern conditions allows solving a common problem with a decrease in students’ interest and attention to educational subjects, without changing their content. The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of the application of edutainment technology. Methods used in the study: literature review, pedagogical experiment, comparative analysis. The experiment involved two control groups of students, each of which performed tasks using the Six Thinking Hats and Brainstorming methods. As a result of the study, it is confirmed that the possibilities of using edutainment technology in the educational process should be considered effective in teaching and developing students’ cognitive abilities.

Реализация технологии эдьютейнмент при обучении студентов - будущих учителей английского языка иноязычному аудированию

The study aims to show the effectiveness of integrating edutainment technology into the methodology of foreign language teaching for the development of listening skills in English among language university students - future English teachers. The paper considered TED Talks public lectures within the framework of edutainment technology, selected 18 video lectures in accordance with the topics of the “Keynote” learning and teaching support kit, modelled an exercise system consisting of 5 types of tasks: true or false, matching, fill in the gaps, multiple choice, open-ended questions. In addition, a pedagogical experiment involving students - future English teachers at Kazan Federal University was described. Scientific novelty lies in creating a system of tasks aimed at developing university students’ foreign language listening skills using TED Talks public lectures within the framework of the edutainment concept. The results of the conducted pedagogical experiment, in which 50 second-year students of Kazan Federal University - future English teachers took part, allow the researchers to conclude that the use of the task system developed on the basis of TED Talks public lectures has a positive effect on the development of listening skills.

'Jeopardy!’ game as edutainment technology of forming students’ translation competence.

Teaching foreign languages and cultures as well as translation is to be regularlyimproved. Various educational technologies are used for this purpose, with one of them – edutainment – beingthe most efficient for the digital generation of learners. The purpose of this article is to describe the experienceof applying the edutainment technology as a modern technology for the formation of translation competenceamong students majoring in Philology/Translation during the “Theory and Practice of Translation” classes.Methods. The studies on teaching technologies, edutainment in particular, conducted abroad and in Ukraine havebeen reviewed. Results. This study has proved that teaching modern generation learners requires innovativeeducational approaches and technologies, such as interactive, gaming, project ones and others. Edutainmenttechnology helps decide the problem of students’ distracted attention combining the monotonous educationwith dynamic entertainment that motivates them to study and reach the desired results. Interactive nature ofedutainment involves all learners into the process, with both weaker and stronger students feeling their belongingto educational activities. Thus, educational and entertaining game ‘Jeopardy!’ (adaptation of the televisiongame show of the same name) was used as an edutainment technology to work with translation students andform their translation competence. This game facilitated the analysis of the text under consideration for its furthertranslation, prompted the learners to remember and use their knowledge on translation techniques and thecurrent topic, involved the students fully into the learning process, engaged and motivated them to activelyparticipate in the game to win it. Conclusion. To sum up, it was found that using the adapted ‘Jeopardy!’ gameas the edutainment technology during the “Theory and Practice of Translation” classes facilitates the processof forming translation competence components of future translators.

Использование мемов в рамках изучения будущими педагогами начальной школы дисциплин литературоведческого цикла

The purpose of the research is theoretical and empirical study of the educational value of a meme in designing learning materials for higher education. The article presents the arguments supporting the necessity to use hypertextuality, multimedia, interactivity, and edutainment technologies as the ways to transform learning materials in literature studies in the course of training primary school teachers. The study proves the necessity to supplement the linear verbal content of the lecturer with a multicultural visual support. The transition from passive to interactive learning is due to the implementation of a system-and-activity approach, the DIY principle (do-it-yourself or “self-activity”), which gives students an opportunity to model, create, develop, and design their own educational products. The article presents various definitions of the meme in scientific discourse: the meme as a unit of non-genetic cultural information (R. Dawkins); meme as a translator of the socio-cultural code (N. A. Zinovieva); meme as a media virus (D. Rushkoff); meme as an independent media genre (Danuta Kępa-Figura); meme as a media text (S. V. Kanashina); meme as a token (M. Coeckelbergh); meme as an object of cyber-laughter culture (M. B. Rotanova, M. V. Fedorova). Hypothesis: a meme as a semantic construct, an intellectual tool comprising a cognitive component, and visual and textual narrative keeps students’ attention alert in studying the material. It has a positive emotional resource and can be considered as an implicit tool to increase the reader’s interest and students’ literary literacy. The study was carried out on a sample of students of pedagogical classes, students and graduates of pedagogical university programmes (N = 130) aged 15 to 52 years old, including 78% (101 persons) of women and 22% of men (29 persons). The researcher used a questionnaire aimed at identifying attitudes to a meme as a means of the Internet communication and educational resource (T. G. Firsova). In the applied aspect, the presented materials can be used in the teaching practice of higher education. Implementation of the edutainment technology can be realized through the use of situational cases, multimedia, interactive game elements, new genres of mass culture, including memes, motivators, and demotivators, in the educational process.

Peer Learning and Edutainment Technologies in the Development of Professional Competencies of Media Students

The article describes and analyzes the educational and training project of the Department of Mass Communications of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia Day of Specialties: Journalism, Television, Advertising and Public Relations. Also presented is the experience of organizing and conducting the festival of educational films and training MediaEnvironment at the branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Sevastopol. These special educational and cognitive events are considered as elements of internal and external communications of universities, developing the professional competences of participants and demonstrating the possibilities of using the concept of peer learning and edutainment technologies for practical emotional-motivated learning of students of media specialties. The authors describe the methodology of event preparation in relation to educational standards, linking the organizational stages with the formation of specific student competencies. The authors conclude not only about the effectiveness of such forms of educational communication, but also about the prospects of their use in the conditions of online education. Representation model of special events is universal and can be used not only in universities with such directions like journalism, television, advertising and public relations.

The efficiency of using the technology of “edutainment” in teaching foreign languages

Modern tendencies to general digitalization in all spheres of life in our society create objective preconditions to pay teachers’attention to the new approach, constructing the educational process which has arisen recently - edutainment (from Eng. “education” and “entertainment”). The peculiarity of edutainment technology is in introduction modern forms of entertainment in the system of traditional lectures, lessons, classes, seminars and master classes, as without television programs, desktop, computer and video games, movies, music, websites, multimedia programs it is difficult to imagine the daily reality of any student. The rapidly developing innovative developments in the field of technology within last ten years gave teachers and students the opportunity to widely use all kinds ofmultimedia resources for the most effective learning of a foreign language, providing immersion in the "real" language environment. Edutainment offers resources that can be used in almost any field of teaching, and in learning a foreign language, probably even more efficiently than anywhere else. In addition to the obvious advantages of using the technology of edutainment, this article examines the effectiveness of using this kind of multimedia forstudents’ professional language skills development in comparison with traditional methods. The results of the experimental part confirmed the feasibility of using interactive resources as components of edutainment, combining them with proven classical, academic approaches to teaching foreign languages, as well as a number of shortcomings that were identified, on the basis of which warnings were formulated regarding the use of the edutainment approach to higher education in general and foreign language teaching in particular.

A Public Health Communication Intervention Using Edutainment and Communication Technology to Promote Safer Sex among Heterosexual Men Patronizing Entertainment Establishments

It is a challenge to reach out, develop and implement a communication intervention for heterosexual men (HSM) patronizing entertainment establishments (EEs) to promote safer sex. We described the theoretical basis and process from assessment to implementation where edutainment (talk shows) and communication technology (interactive web portal) was implemented. A female comedian hosted the talk shows. The portal contained an HIV risk profile calculator with individually tailored strategies to lower risk; two videos on real-life stories of unsafe sex and exit strategies to avoid casual or paid sex; as well as online support. We integrated edutainment, social cognitive theory (SCT) and the elaboration likelihood model (ELM). Edutainment techniques like humor through jokes, fun through games, and narrative persuasion through real-life accounts were applied. The SCT focused on modifying attitudes and social norm on sexual well-being, increasing self-perceived HIV/STI risk as well as building self-efficacy and skills in condom use. We applied the ELM to guide communication strategies and message development. For peripheral processing, we used cues like comedian delivery and charisma. For central processing, we focused on argument framing, issue involvement, argument quality, and modeling. The intervention was effective in promoting condom use with casual partners among the target group in Singapore.

Theoretical Foundations of Modern Museums Educational Activity

The purpose of the study is to analyze the significance of educational activities as the leading direction of the modern museum; to identify the main theoretical achievements of the twentieth century, which laid the foundation for the development of modern educational museum practices; explore the technology of edutainment as a tool for the effective adaptation of museum information for people with different levels of education and cultural training. Research methods are based on the general scientific principle of objectivity, as well as structural-functional and analytical methods. Scientific novelty. The main theoretical achievements that laid the foundation for the development of educational museum practices of the 20th century are systematized and summarized; the use of edutainment technologies in the educational activities of modern museums is explored. Conclusions. It was determined that the theoretical and practical basis for the development of modern educational museum practices was laid during the twentieth century. It is proved that by implementing the recreational-educational function of the museum, the following tasks can be solved: the formation of a value relation to objective reality, the development of associative perception, figurative thinking, the ability for independent judgments, creative activity and self-analysis.

Умови використання ед’ютейнменту та хмарних технологій у професійній мистецькій освіті

Trends in technology lead to an increasing of their role in the development of humanity. Exactly “cloud technologies”, which are the basis for the technological development of the information society now, also they play the role of the leading tool of informatization of education, especially united with “edutainment”.During the development and implementation of software and network technologies in professional artistic education, the following issues remain unsolved: the provision of modern computer equipment and software, technical support for the stable work of information products, and the provision of selective authorized access for students to specific network resources. The methodology based on “cloud calculates” technology provides an opportunity to overcome these difficulties. And the last, but not at least, students may be attracted to the most promising areas of the development of modern information products.Actuality, practical significance, and insufficient development of these problems caused the choice of the topic of our research: “Terms of use of “edutainment” and “cloud technologies” in professional artistic education “.The aim of the research is to determine the conditions of the use of “edutainment” and “cloud technologies” in the preparation of future teachers of musical art.Methods of research: analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature in order to determine the state of development of the problem; synthesis, comparison, generalization for justifying the concepts of “edutainment” and “cloud technologies” and methods of their use in the educational process.This article deals with issues of the use of edutainment technologies and “cloud technologies”. It is offered conditions of using edutainment and “cloud technologies” in post-nonclassical professional art education on the example of subject “Musical Art”. Actual “cloud” services are analyzed and examples of their integration to educational process of professional art establishments are proposed.

Biochemistry Education for Medical Students Based on Educational Games: Using flash player and Micro-soft Power Point

This study was carried out in an attempt to increase students’ learning efficiency and understanding of how chemical structure and metabolism relate to disease. We aimed to develop a novel edutainment technology for learning medical biochemistry. Educational games based on as a software biochemical structures and pathways, biochemistry books, a flash player and a micro- soft power point were developed. The biochemical games were designed for two semesters for medical students taking a biochemistry course (Biochemistry 1 and 2). The game consisted of 34 pictures and pathways labeled with the names of major main categories of medical biochemistry. One week before playing the games, medical students were asked to study about the biochemical pathways and the bibliography was indicated. On the day of the game, a review session about the subjects was conducted by the head professor. After that, all medical students were asked to answer a test (Pre-test), to check their previous knowledge before playing the games. Finally after playing biochemical games, all medical students were asked to answer a test (post- test). More than 90% of medical students commented that the educational games helped them to get goals and objectives of biochemical contents. Also, medical students found that biochemical games methods are helpful. Most medical students agreed that playing biochemical games after taking the test were more helpful in learning the structure and metabolism than in learning the chemical structure and metabolism playing biochemical games before taking the test. Our results indicate that medical students’ satisfaction, knowledge, skills and their behaviors improved after using biochemical games. In addition, the present study demonstrated that using biochemical games as an educational tool improved educational outcomes. This issue shows learning efficacy of biochemical game methods.

Edutainment

Edutainment, while seemingly a new and trending idea, is quite simply the combination of education and entertainment, or improving learning by making it more engaging. What began as a way to teach children concepts in a fun way (e.g., School House Rock) has evolved into an integration of technology, design, and academics (e.g., TED talks). Technology allows educators to become edutainers more easily by providing user-friendly formats and digital distribution that facilitates the creation of specialized content. This article provides an overview of two edutainment technologies and how they can be used to enhance the learner experience. The general features of the programs are described as well as how they can be applied in a management classroom.

Edutainment as a Modern Technology of Education

The article considers the methodological value and potential of modern education technology Edutainment. The author reveals the features and gives the definition of the Edutainment technology concept based on a review and analysis of the literature. ESP teaching is also taken into account.

Teachers’ perception of mobile edutainment for special needs learners: the Malaysian case

Study of Malaysian adoption of mobile learning (m-learning) is still in the early stages. However, there are numerous researchers in the country exploring the potential and application of m-learning in the Malaysian education system, including special education. A key question is whether teachers are prepared to incorporate mobile technology as part of their teaching tools or do teachers perceive mobile technology only as personal communication gadgets. This paper investigates teachers' perception of m-learning applications in special education classes. Interviews were conducted to collect related information on teachers' perceptions of m-learning in the selected schools. The teachers expressed that there are limited resources to cater to the attention of special needs learners and they believed edutainment technologies such as augmented reality, game-based educational software and animation projects could be the answer. The benefits and challenges of implementing blended learning for special education are also discussed. The paper concludes by summarising the current environment of m-learning in Malaysian special needs education, together with recommendations for future use of the technology.

Tecnologie in famiglia: tra responsabilità, deleghe

The research intends to inquire how parents and sons are going to construct their “being a family” through habitual actions of everyday life, where technologies have more and more a very meaningful part. The daily use of TIC (Information and comunication technologies (pc, internet ,mobile); of the edutainment technologies (videogames, Ipod, television entertainment, movies) and of the domestic technologies, that is to say digital objects of daily use (camera and video camera, dvd player, cd player, microwaves oven…) work as detonators of educational interactions through which the members of the family establish, negotiate and ratify rules, norms, roles, identities and individual and collective values.