Emergent Digital Discourses: What Can We Learn From Hashtags and Digital Games to Expand Learners’ Second Language Repertoire?

IF 2.8 1区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-03-01 DOI:10.1017/S0267190519000138

J. Sykes

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Abstract In recent years, digital technologies have expanded the possibilities for human interactions in ways that were never before imagined, further complicating the teaching and learning of languages (Taguchi & Sykes, 2013; Thorne, Sauro, & Smith, 2015). Despite this complexity, when approached as meaningful, high-stakes practices, discourses in digital contexts can be highly useful for language learning and teaching. This article synthesizes work related to two digital discourse contexts, specifically hashtags and digital games. Moving away from technology as the vehicle to deliver “important content,” the analysis to follow examines digital discourses as both the content and context to be examined as part of learners’ multilingual experiences. The article begins by situating the discussion focused on digital discourses, reviewing relevant work addressing interactional patterns in each context, and then applying findings to second language teaching and learning. Drawing on empirical work, the article then describes a framework with specific examples for learner exploration of digital discourses as part of their language learning experience. The article concludes with implications for future research and teaching.

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新兴的数字话语:我们能从标签和数字游戏中学到什么来扩展学习者的第二语言储备库?

近年来，数字技术以前所未有的方式扩展了人类互动的可能性，使语言的教学和学习进一步复杂化(田口和赛克斯，2013;索恩，索罗，史密斯，2015)。尽管有这种复杂性，但当作为有意义的、高风险的实践来处理时，数字环境中的话语对语言学习和教学非常有用。本文综合了与两种数字话语语境相关的工作，特别是标签和数字游戏。我们不再把技术作为传递“重要内容”的工具，接下来的分析将把数字话语作为学习者多语言体验的一部分，作为内容和背景进行研究。本文首先将讨论集中在数字语篇上，回顾了在每种情况下解决互动模式的相关工作，然后将研究结果应用于第二语言教学。根据实证工作，文章随后描述了一个框架，其中包括学习者探索数字话语作为其语言学习经验的一部分的具体例子。文章最后对今后的研究和教学提出了启示。

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期刊介绍： The Annual Review of Applied Linguistics publishes research on key topics in the broad field of applied linguistics. Each issue is thematic, providing a variety of perspectives on the topic through research summaries, critical overviews, position papers and empirical studies. Being responsive to the field, some issues are tied to the theme of that year''s annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Also, at regular intervals an issue will take the approach of covering applied linguistics as a field more broadly, including coverage of critical or controversial topics. ARAL provides cutting-edge and timely articles on a wide number of areas, including language learning and pedagogy, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, language assessment, and research design and methodology, to name just a few.