Posters & Presentations

Digital Posters to Engage EFL Students and Develop Their Reading Comprehension

“…Posters have been used for many purposes including: political campaigns, public health warnings, and advertising (Bethell & Milson, 2014). Moreover, the poster presentation has been used as an alternative to paper presentations at many academic conferences (Lagares & Reisenleutner, 2017).…”

“…Posters can attract viewers' attention and interest (Izatt & Dadiz, 2015) while being inexpensive to produce (Ilic & Rowe, 2013). Moreover, they facilitate the fast and efficient delivery of key ideas (Bethell & Milson, 2014) through providing a summarized overview of the topic (Ilic & Rowe, 2013). Teachers have long guided their learners to work with posters to display what they learned (Hodgson, 2010) as using posters is a useful approach to create a different learning mood (Abdul Aziz & Jusoff, 2009).…”

“…Moreover, they allow for creativity (Abdul Aziz & Jusoff, 2009), individuality (D'Angelo, 2011), originality (Cook & Fenn, 2013), and independent thought (D'Angelo, 2010). They also promote students' autonomy (El-Sakran & Prescott, 2015), fluency (Tanner & Chapman, 2012), research skills (D'Angelo, 2010), transferable skills (Chun, 2010), confidence (Bethell & Milson, 2014), positive attitudes (Cook & Fenn, 2013), presentation skills (Conteh, 2018), and collaborative learning (D'Angelo, 2010). Posters also give students opportunities to reflect on what they learned (McNamara, Larkin, & Beatson, 2010), to highlight their different strengths (Kinikin & Hench, 2012), to receive feedback from their peers and faculty (Billings & Halstead, 2012), and to share what they have learned with their classmates (Kinikin & Hench, 2012).…”

“…Posters also give students opportunities to reflect on what they learned (McNamara, Larkin, & Beatson, 2010), to highlight their different strengths (Kinikin & Hench, 2012), to receive feedback from their peers and faculty (Billings & Halstead, 2012), and to share what they have learned with their classmates (Kinikin & Hench, 2012). Additionally, they help students organize their thoughts (Bethell & Milson, 2014), explore misconceptions about a topic (Cook & Fenn, 2013), demonstrate learning (McNamara et al, 2010), and make a stronger connection between the skills required to find the information and students' ability to communicate what they have acquired (Kinikin & Hench, 2012). Finally, they ease the grading burden on instructors (D'Angelo, 2010) and give them a glimpse into the thinking of students (Hodgson, 2010).…”

“…In the language classroom, particularly, poster presentations make students use language for real-life goals (Tanner & Chapman, 2012) as they engage them in real communicative activities (El-Sakran & Prescott, 2015). Moreover, they develop students' oral and written communication skills (Bethell & Milson, 2014;McNamara et al, 2010) through lessening their speaking anxiety (Prichard & Ferreira, 2014). They also allow them to produce their own texts (El-Sakran & Prescott, 2015).…”