Second Language Learners Making Video in Three Contexts

We describe videomaking projects in Canada, India, and Mexico in which second language learners were asked to show the children in the other countries what their lives were like. We consider how this form of expression might contribute to second language learning and allow children to make use of in and out-of-school resources. We also raise questions about the affordances and constraints of the videomaking process and explore how teachers might approach such multimodal literacy activities with children. Hello. My name is R. It's Halloween and I'm dressed up as, I don't know if you've heard of him, but I'm Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. (from video made by Canadian children for Tibetan children in India, 2009) Hello. My name is M. and I'm in Class 8. I like to listen to the songs and I like also gossip. And I like to eat chocolate. And my favourite singers are Jonas Brothers and Miley. (from video made by Tibetan children in India for Canadian children, 2009).