Jarvis, HA 2014, 'Digital residents : practices and perceptions of non native speakers' , The Asian EFL Journal, 75 , pp. 21-35.
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Abstract
This paper reports on a Thai-based study which documents the practices and perceptions of nonnative speakers (NNS) of English, the vast majority of whom reside in cyberspace in their everyday lives beyond formal learning contexts in both their L1 and L2. Questionnaire and focus group data was collected to identify what participants do with which digital devices and why. The role of the English language in relation to social networking is explored in more detail. The paper then briefly considers some of the implications for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in terms of equipping learners to function as connected digital citizens in English as an L2. It is suggested that in order to do this we need to recognise that the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) acronym is no longer adequate for investigating and describing practice and that in many contexts we are now in a ‘postCALL era’ of Mobile Assisted Language Use (MALU) with digital literacy skills a defining characteristic.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Subjects outside of the University Themes |
Schools: | Schools > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences > Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics |
Journal or Publication Title: | The Asian EFL Journal |
Publisher: | Asian EFL Journal Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISBN: | 1738-1460 |
ISSN: | 1738-1460 |
Funders: | Non funded research |
Depositing User: | HA Jarvis |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2015 16:33 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 16:32 |
URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/34668 |
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