Language Learners as Digital Bricoleurs: Exploring Independent Learning in Individual Digital Ecologies

• 발행기관: 영상영어교육학회
• 저자명: Sherman, Brandon Briggs, Neil
• 간행물 정보: 『STEM Journal』21권 4호, 83~106쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.11.30

영문 초록

Though there is a wealth of digital resources available for independent computer-assisted language learning, language teachers may find mixed success in supporting learners in using it. Teachers need to understand their learners and how educational information-communication technology and the target language are integrated in their lives. We present the concepts of digital ecology and digital bricolage. Building on a prior survey study on English learner technology use at a Korean college, this qualitative case study explores ways that four Korean college students integrated technology and English into their lives. Drawing on a priori and emergent themes from interviews, we explore students’ digital ecologies and their processes of digital bricolage. We found that types of technology use varied across these cases, suggesting the value of digital ecologies for thinking about student technology use. Further, variations of technology use across the cases suggest that learners draw selectively from their available digital ecologies based on their perceptions of what it means to learn English and their personal priorities. We propose a framework for understanding language learner digital bricolage based on formality and instrumentality. This framework is of value to researchers and teachers who want to support students in digitally mediated self-directed language learning.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. LITERATURE REVIEW

III. KEY THEORETICAL CONCEPTS

IV. RESEARCH DESIGN

V. FINDINGS

VI. DISCUSSION

VII. LIMITATIONS AND CONCLUSION

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키워드

bricolage computer-assisted language learning educational technology independent language learning information-communication technology