Open AccessPerceived changes of identity construction through digital storytelling:
Author(s) -
Yerko Sepúlveda,
Maya Edwards,
Raychel Vasseur,
Idoia Elola
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
porta linguarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.554
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2695-8244
pISSN - 1697-7467
DOI - 10.30827/portalin.vi.23607
Subject(s) - digital storytelling , identity (music) , perception , study abroad , psychology , storytelling , grammar , digital identity , pedagogy , intercultural communication , linguistics , narrative , computer science , aesthetics , art , philosophy , neuroscience , computer network , access control
Study abroad (SA) is considered one of the best ways to learn a foreign (FL) or second language (L2) while developing open-mindedness and intercultural awareness. Yet, less attention has been placed on students’ perception on identity development. Thus, this study explores study abroad (SA) students’ perceptions on identity construction through the incorporation of multiliteracies and multimodal texts (digital stories), by six participants in a second-year foundational Spanish course and an Advanced Spanish Grammar course in a Study Abroad (SA) program. Analyses of surveys, DSs, and final artifacts were grounded in Rogers’ notion of self-concept and Activity Theory (Leontiev, 1978). Results suggest that the digital and multimodal nature of DS creation facilitated greater opportunities for students to document their self-perceived gains in identity.