书目名称 | English Learning in the Digital Age |
副标题 | Agency, Technology a |
编辑 | Shuang Zeng |
视频video | |
概述 | Reveals the gap between the rhetoric and reality of language learning with the current web.Analyses and explains the technology resistance in out-of-class English learning from a sociocultural perspec |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | Moving beyond the ‘Web 2.0’ and ‘digital native’ rhetoric, this book addresses the complex experiences of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in a world embedded with interactive and participatory technologies. Adopting a sociocultural perspective, it investigates EFL learners’ behaviours concerning digital technology, and guides exploration into their contextually mediated choices and learning practices in the ‘2.0’ era..The argument is developed on the basis of the findings of a mixed sequential study that focused on 1485 Chinese undergraduates’ use and non-use of online tools and applications outside the English classroom. Particular attention is paid to the role of context and agency when understanding their learning choices and behaviours in the context of digital technology. In particular, the book acknowledges the explanatory power of agency in the minority instances of ‘good practices’ among these EFL learners. At the same time it demonstrates that for most learners, use of the current web is limited and mostly non-interactive. The barriers to ‘2.0’ transfer are largely contextual and the so-called ‘communicative opportunities’ and ‘participatory culture’ in par |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | Learner Agency; Sociocultural Theory and Sociocultural Perspective; Learner Behaviour; Digital Natives; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2499-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-13-2499-4 |
copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 |