Rewilding language learning resources in higher education: vlogs and vlogging
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v16i1.1060Keywords:
Rewilding, Language learning, vlogging, informal learningAbstract
One of the issues in the teaching of English to students of other disciplines in higher education around the world today is the learners’ extensive informal practices in English, such as gaming, watching videos and listening to music. The way in which these activities could and should influence English teaching will be the main focus of this paper. The notion of rewilding may be a helpful image to encapsulate the need for the rich variety of English language practices to make their way into the classroom, promoting the diversity of the learning ecology. Examples are taken from student work and responses to surveys as part of an experimental class which placed vloggers (YouTube content creators) and vlogging (creating videos in a similar style) at the centre of the learning process.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Geoffrey Sockett
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Content published in IARTEM e-journal is – unless otherwise is stated – licensed through Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0. Content can be copied, distributed and disseminated in any medium or format under the following terms:
Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notice: No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
Authors who publish in IARTEM e-journal accept the following conditions:
Author(s) retains copyright to the article and give IARTEM e-journal rights to first publication while the article is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. This license allows sharing the article for non-commercial purposes, as long as the author and first publishing place IARTEM e-journal are credited.
The author is free to publish and distribute the work/article after publication in IARTEM e-journal, as long as the journal is referred to as the first place of publication. Submissions that are under consideration for publication or accepted for publication in IARTEM e-journal cannot simultaneously be under consideration for publication in other journals, anthologies, monographs or the like. By submitting contributions, the author accepts that the contribution is published online in IARTEM e-journal.
