McDonald, Lisa (2010) iTESOL: analogous practices in the SLA classroom. TESOL in Context, 20 (2). pp. 42-51. ISSN 1030-8385
Abstract
Recent studies of emerging technologies have shown that mobile phone production new exceeds one billion devices globally per year (Johnson, Levine, & Smith, 2008). With a level of production that signifies a shift in the ownership of networked machines from institutions to individuals, the broad appeal of portable technologies now offers individuals access and control over a growing range of electronic resources. This paper explores resource sharing and collaborative communications practices in the spaces of the second language acquisition (SLA) classroom. From informal conversations with students and the writer's observations, the paper discusses the processes of language acquisition than can emerge through portable technologies such as handheld translators, smart phones, portable computers, and so on. It considers how these kinds of technologies orchestrate and influence student classroom interactions and experiences. In particular, the writing examines social learning in the SLA classroom, and how what is often subtle dialogue between digital/electronic technologies and classroom learners can provide enduring creative frameworks for language acquisition in the contemporary world.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 ACTA. This article was subsequently published in the 3rd International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Conference (EduLearn11), 4-6 Jul 2011, Barcelona, Spain. Contact the author for details. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Maths and Computing |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2014 06:24 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2015 02:13 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | portable technologies; second language acquisition; social learning |
| Fields of Research : | 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2003 Language Studies > 200303 English as a Second Language 08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0805 Distributed Computing > 080505 Web Technologies (excl. Web Search) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/25242 |
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