(Excerpt 3)
I felt challenged as I have never made a poster before, especially a poster designed with a certain purpose ( SLA theory). Luckily it is a group project so I can discuss it with my peers. I didn't know before that to make such a tiny poster design I needed to understand many concepts.
Those three participants contend that they felt challenged to implement SLA theories into a poster. They have to find a suitable theory which matches with a poster that they have created. Create a poster that might have values in it.
Prior knowledge
Related to the cognitive challenge concept, prior knowledge is important to be considered for both the teachers and students. The excerpts come from Participant 4 (P4), Participant 5 (P5), and Participant 1 (P1) as can be seen in the following:
(Excerpt 1)
I think anyone can make posters if they already have the ability to design posters, but having an understanding of SLA helped me convey the theory of SLA through the poster I made. (P4/ individual reflection)
(Excerpt 2)
I think it's very critical as basic knowledge in SLA. It will be my guidance in designing SLA posters. Moreover, other theories relating to poster design such as multimodality and social semiotics are really helpful. (P5/ individual reflection)
(Excerpt 3)
Based on my experience, background knowledge does matter in creating the SLA poster. It can help me as the poster maker to improve the accuracy of the data displayed on the poster with the indirect message to deliver the SLA theories to the readers. (P1/ individual reflection)
In making the poster, all of the participants agreed that prior knowledge is important and useful for the students and the teachers to drive the project smoothly by connecting the real-life data with the materials they have learned. These findings indicated that the prior knowledge is a critical element for outdoor activity.
Purpose of the Outdoor Activity
Talking about the aims and objectives of the outdoor mini-project activities, the three participants claimed that the activities bring some benefits as can be seen in the following excerpts:
(Excerpt 1)
Teaching second language acquisition through posters in the area of classroom and school brings huge benefits as the students can directly practice the language without anxiety and it has a positive effect as it can decrease the student's affective filter (AF). (P3/ individual reflection)
(Excerpt 2)
To develop appropriate instructional teaching strategies that guide students along a continuum of language development. (P2/ individual reflection)
(Excerpt 3)
Through this mini-project, I was encouraged to apply SLA theory. Krashen's input hypothesis to be precise. (P5/ individual reflection)
P3 argues that as an alternative teaching methodology, Â the outdoor activity facilitates her to directly apply her prior knowledge into the contextual settings. Similarly, P5 and P2 realized that to some extent, outdoor activity mediated them to incorporate new subject matter into real-life experience. These findings take into account outdoor activity as an essential component of outdoor activity.
Contextual factor
The following excerpts show the participants' opinion towards the contextual factors that might influence the outdoor activity on SLA course:
