IT IS POSSIBLE TO RAISE SOCIAL AWARENESS WHILE IMPROVING YOUR ENGLISH

Hello my dear readers! You are seeing an example of digital storytelling above. Our teacher gave us three options to choose. These were creating a public service announcement, a how-to story or a fictional story. Me, my friends Izel and Aleyna decided to create a PSA about depression. 

PSAs are designed to raise awareness on important issues while disseminating information quickly and efficiently. They enable learners to actively participate in a project that will allow them to become stewards of and advocates for social change. Hence, creating a PSA will be a task that students enjoy and a different genre they can use their English in. 

While me and my friends were creating our PSA, doing research and writing the text was the easy part but editing took so long. Matching the sentences with the right visual and editing the timing was really tiring. Nevertheless, seeing the outcome was satisfying.

To see an example of a modern and different homework for second language learners and also to learn more about depression please watch our PSA. Don't forget to share it with your friends to inform them about one of the biggest health issues of our era.