Born-Digital Texts in the English Language Classroom

Edited by Saskia Kersten, Christian Ludwig

Publication date:

11 June 2024

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781800414808

This book is the first to focus specifically on born-digital texts in EFL teaching, uniting international and innovative scholarship with practical classroom applications. The book develops a theoretically sound framework for curriculum, materials and methods design that takes into account the growing ubiquity of born-digital texts in the digital age. It covers a broad variety of born-digital text types (including those generated by AI) which so far have not been an explicit focus in the context of language teaching, while also providing a grounding in current discussions around digital tools in education. The chapters cover a wide range of issues from methodological approaches to born-digital texts to curriculum, syllabus and materials design. The book will be a valuable introduction to the subject for trainee and practising teachers, as well as teacher educators and students on EFL courses.

Chapter 7 is free to download as an open access publication and is available here: https://zenodo.org/records/11174197.

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Daniel Becker, Saskia Kersten, Christian Ludwig, Peter Schildhauer and Sandra Stadler-Heer: Born-Digital Text in English Language Teaching: The State of Play

Chapter 2. Saskia Kersten: The Linguistics of Born-Digital Texts

Chapter 3. Kathy A. Mills: What Counts as Language Learning in a Born-Digital Textual World?

Chapter 4. Celestine Caruso, Judith Hofmann and Kim Schick: Born-Digital Texts and Digitally Mediated Tasks: A Perfect Match for the Inclusive EFL Classroom?

Chapter 5. Ralf Gießler and Daniel Becker: #hashtagsareforlearning – Hashtags as Digital Texts and their Affordances in the EFL Classroom

Chapter 6. Peter Schildhauer and Katharina Kemper: Towards a Critical Digital Literacy Framework: Exploring the Impact of Algorithms in the Creation of Filter Bubbles on Instagram

Chapter 7. Valentin Werner: Exploring the Potential of Live Text for ELT

Chapter 8. Janina Reinhardt: From Gaming to Linguistic Action: Let’s Play Videos as (More Than) Mediation Tasks

Chapter 9. Sandra Stadler-Heer: Consuming and Producing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Generated Text in English Language Classrooms

Chapter 10. Jasmina Najjar and Philip M. McCarthy: AI and the Digital Writing Process

Chapter 11. Christopher Rwodzi and Lizette J. De Jager: Learning English as a Second Language through Born-Digital Texts on Social Media in South Africa

Chapter 12. Maya Ashooh, Alecia Marie Magnifico and Bethany Silva: “I’m going to teach differently”: Changing Perceptions of Writing Instruction through Digital Text Creation

Chapter 13. Tara McIlroy: Fanfiction Experiences of Japanese Students: Connecting Wild Reading and L2 Learning

Chapter 14. Carolin Zehne: The Potential of Location-Based Technologies and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning for ELT

Chapter 15. Jeanine Steinbock: Alice for the iPad: Digital Storybook Apps in the EFL Classroom

Chapter 16. Christian Ludwig, Michaela Sambanis and Georg Hartisch: #Literature Goes Digital: Digital Transformations in the ELT Literature Classroom

Index

Immerse yourself in the future of language learning with Born-Digital Texts in the English Language Classroom. This ground-breaking volume explores the myriad ways in which digitally born texts are revolutionising language learning, offering insights into established approaches and innovative curriculum design. From hashtags to AI, this collection empowers educators to navigate digital transformation and inspire change.