Using VISP (VIdeos for SPeaking), a Mobile App Based on Audio Description, to Promote English Language Learning among Spanish Students: A Case Study

Abstract

Audio description has proven to be beneficial in foreign language learning (Moreno & Vermeulen, 2013, 2014). Taking a step further, we developed a mobile assisted language learning application called VISP (VIdeos for SPeaking), which uses the techniques of audio description to promote accuracy and fluency in oral production. In this work we present the results from a case study carried out with 16 Spanish Erasmus students of English as a foreign language, during the first semester of 2014-2015 at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication of the Faculty of Arts of Ghent University, who tested the pilot version. Based on these results we present some proposals for improvement and future research.