Social networking for language education /

"Social media are applications that have a networking dimension at the heart of their use. They attract language learners, teachers and providers for different reasons, although they are a controversial issue in language education as we lack evidence whether and how they promote language learni...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Lamy, Marie-Noƫlle, 1949-, Zourou, Katerina, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:New language learning and teaching environments.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • Introduction
  • PART I: THE WIDER ECOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH SNSS
  • 1. An Ecological Analysis of Social Networking Site-Mediated Identity Development; Jonathon Reinhardt And Hsin-I Chen
  • 2. Architecture Students' Appropriation of Avatars - Relationships Between Avatar Identity and L2 Verbal Participation and Interaction; Ciara Wigham and Thierry Chanier
  • 3. Online Reading Groups and Network Dynamics; Chris Lima and Marie-No;lle Lamy
  • PART II: PEDAGOGIES AND PRACTITIONERS
  • 4. Bridging Design and Language Interaction and Reuse in Livemocha's Culture Space; Katerina Zourou, Mathieu Loiseau
  • 5. Profiles in Online Communities; Richard Harrison
  • 6. It's Not Just the Tool; Carolin Fuchs and Bill Snyder
  • PART III: LEARNING BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
  • 7. A Study of the Use of Social Network Sites for Language Learning by University ESL Students; Liu, M., Evans, M., Horwitz, E. K., Lee, S., Mccrory, M., Park, J.-B., and Parrish, C.
  • 8. On-Line and Off-Site; Meei-Ling Liaw And Kathryn English
  • 9. Formative Assessment within Social Network Sites for Language Learning; Paul Gruba and Cameron Clark
  • PART IV
  • 10. Social Media-Based Language Learning; Marie-No;lle Lamy and Fran;ois Mangenot
  • References.