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In conclusion, as underscored by the application website, Pear Deck can aid teachers transform "presentations into classroom conversations" by affording them with an array of interactive and collaborative features; namely, the ability to add interactive questions and engage learners in collaborative work via the Flashcard Factory tool. However, this interactivity seems to be limited in that it is mostly interaction between the student and content, and not so much among students. Additionally, the features such as Immersive Reader and audio recording for slides, which could enhance language learning, are limited to Premium users of Pear Deck. Pear Deck could be a beneficial tool for supporting language learning if these features could be extended to all users of Pear Deck. Furthermore, Pear Deck, in its current form, lacks the ability to fully foster student-to-student interaction, thus enhancing their communicative competence in the target language. It can be used to substitute or augment some instructional practices within the SAMR model framework; however, it needs improvement in supporting the modification and redefinition levels of the model, which correspond to the transformation category levels that can allow teachers to profoundly redesign or create new learning experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
