{"id":2816,"date":"2021-11-26T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:48:39","slug":"supporting-language-teaching-with-h5p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/casestudies\/2021\/11\/26\/supporting-language-teaching-with-h5p\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Language Teaching with H5P"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong style=\"color: #003f80\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW85014333 BCX0\">Loiana<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\">\u00a0Leal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW85014333 BCX0\">Pavlichenko<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\">Lecturer in Portuguese<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: #003f80\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW85014333 BCX0\">School of Modern Languages<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW85014333 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"entry-content\"><strong style=\"color: #e96556\">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>What did you do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Loiana\u00a0has been using H5P to create formative exercises for students\u00a0studying\u00a0Portuguese\u00a0at a range of levels in the School of Modern Languages.\u00a0Using H5P\u00a0Loiana\u00a0has\u00a0authored resources to support reading, writing, grammar,\u00a0listening\u00a0and pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p>Loiana\u00a0uses H5P\u00a0to present new material and\u00a0to give students\u00a0short activities to\u00a0self-evaluate, practice and prepare.\u00a0\u00a0One of the content types\u00a0she uses regularly is \u201ccolumn\u201d\u00a0which\u00a0enables her to\u00a0bring\u00a0together an interactive\u00a0video,\u00a0audios,\u00a0a piece of text,\u00a0a\u00a0short quiz and summary in a way that can be presented easily on Canvas.\u00a0These on-line exercises\u00a0prepare students\u00a0for\u00a0\u00a0PiP\u00a0Seminars as well as\u00a0collaborative\u00a0group activities\u00a0on Canvas.\u00a0The H5P activities are purely formative, so students can be relaxed about using them without worrying about points and scores.<\/p>\n<p>Using \u201cinteractive video\u201d\u00a0Loiana\u00a0has\u00a0added\u00a0comprehension\u00a0questions to Portuguese video content\u00a0published on\u00a0Vimeo and YouTube.\u00a0Adding questions is straightforward, and\u00a0Loiana\u00a0particularly values the fact that she does not have to download, edit and upload video content.\u00a0\u00a0The interactive video content type opens up\u00a0huge possibilities\u00a0to add questions to\u00a0topical\u00a0and\u00a0mainstream\u00a0video\u00a0content\u00a0\u2013 anything from a music video to\u00a0a\u00a0documentary about\u00a0a capital city:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291493686341355657\/embed\" width=\"1088\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nSee the complete content on H5P: <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291458272494656507?sharedIn=1291371888637174807\">POR2010 S1 Semana 3 V\u00eddeo Luanda: 444 Anos Tema Lusofonia &#8211; H5P.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loiana\u00a0uses a wide range of\u00a0H5P building blocks. For example, for vocabulary\u00a0development she has used flashcards:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291434152503852027\/embed\" width=\"1088\" height=\"700\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>See the complete content on H5P: <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291434152503852027?sharedIn=1291371888637174807\">Exerc\u00edcio de vocabul\u00e1rio: A primeira noite (de Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Agualusa) &#8211; H5P.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support the students in their understanding of grammar she uses drag and drop exercises :<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291493688554555817\/embed\" width=\"1088\" height=\"637\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/js\/h5p-resizer.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>See the complete content on H5P: <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291435195024177567?sharedIn=1291371888637174807\">Exerc\u00edcios de gram\u00e1tica &#8211; Conectores: tradi\u00e7\u00f5es de ano novo &#8211; H5P.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She has also found the\u00a0\u201cessay\u201d content type\u00a0helpful\u00a0for\u00a0some exercises, for example to model answers for Reading and Comprehensions, Summaries and Reviews.\u00a0For the H5P\u00a0\u201cessay\u201d\u00a0content\u00a0authors define a set of keywords that will trigger individual responses if they are found\u00a0<i>or<\/i>\u00a0are\u00a0missing in the text.\u00a0Authors can also provide a model answer to be shown to students, so they can self-asses their performance.\u00a0Loiana\u00a0has used this to type of question to check that students are using correct verb tenses, key vocabulary and identifying detailed information in a given text (reading for detail tasks)<\/p>\n<p>You can see more of\u00a0Loiana\u2019s\u00a0H5P examples in\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.h5p.com\/content\/1291371888637174807\">NU Content examples<\/a>\u00a0folder in H5P.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>What do students think?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy\u00a0students love it\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Loiana Leal (Portuguese Level B Module Leader)<\/p>\n<p>Informal feedback\u00a0along with\u00a0responses in the mid module survey demonstrate that students\u00a0have really valued\u00a0the\u00a0H5P activities\u00a0that\u00a0Loiana\u00a0has created.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Student voice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think it is more interactive, it is more engaging. We learn by doing\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Charlotte Pickles (POR2010 Student, MLS Social Secretary)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe best thing in my opinion about the interactive activities is we\u2019re less likely to burn out from doing too much of the same work, because it is different from the usual reading, watching, writing\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Steven Dodd (POR2010 Student Modern languages SSC Secretary)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think these resources are really good, they make learning fun. Because they are interactive I learn better, I really take all the information in\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tori Higglesden (POR2010 Student, Student representative for POR Level B)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Useful Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/learning-and-teaching\/digital-technologies\/h5p\/\">H5P page &#8211; Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle University<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loiana\u00a0Leal\u00a0Pavlichenko\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lecturer in Portuguese School of Modern Languages\u00a0 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Loiana\u00a0has been using H5P to create formative exercises for students\u00a0studying\u00a0Portuguese\u00a0at a range of levels in the School of Modern Languages.\u00a0Using H5P\u00a0Loiana\u00a0has\u00a0authored resources to support reading, writing, grammar,\u00a0listening\u00a0and pronunciation. 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