English Learning in the Digital Age Agency, Technology and Context /

• Main Author: Zeng, Shuang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Language and education.; Educational technology.; Language Education.; Educational Technology.; Technology and Digital Education.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Towards 'Learner Experience Research'
• Chapter 2 Towards an Investigation of Language Learners' (Non)use of Online Technology
• Chapter 3 A Sociocultural Framework for the Study of WELL Use
• Chapter 4 Questioning WELL Use in the Chinese University Context：Research Questions and Methods
• Chapter 5 The Trends of English Learning Related Use of Technology: the Role of Technology
• Chapter 6 'Breaking Away' with Digital Technology: the Role of Agency
• Chapter 7 Resistance to Moving to Web 2.0: the Role of Context
• Chapter 8 Understanding Language Learners' (Non)use of Digital Technology.