Poster Session Using future study abroad opportunities to boost student motivation and engagement through Padlet activities more

Creating a Padlet as an interactive hub for study-abroad information significantly boosts students' engagement with course content and enhances their interaction with peers. Teachers can foster a collaborative space for classes to document their aspirations around a future study-abroad experience. And by incorporating interactive and visually engaging Padlet centered activities into their classrooms educators can support the development of a student’s future L2 self by encouraging them to set clear, specific goals related to their upcoming study-abroad. Educators can reinforce language targets while encouraging class members to share useful resources they've discovered about specific locations. Activities such as researching local food and culture, discussing language needs for various situations, and reflecting on the type of L2 speaker they hope to become can boost students’ motivation and help them visualize how they will soon use classroom English in real-world contexts.