Literacy Engagement Through Online and Offline Communities Outside School

English Language Learners' Development as Readers and Writers

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ID4254978
AutoresGuofang Li (0000-0002-5523-6892, Michigan State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume51
Fascículo4
Páginas312-318
Data de publicação2012-10-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTheory Into Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0040-5841 • E-ISSN: 1527-2532
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00405841.2012.726061
OpenAlexW2058140558
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas19

How do second-language learners become successful readers and writers? This article examines the importance of social networks to English language learners' reading and writing development. It describes different family, peer, and virtual social networks that ELLs can utilize to engage in online and offline reading and writing (especially related to youth popular culture, such as fan fiction) outside school. The article highlights the importance of fostering a participatory culture in classrooms and schools to help ELLs form communities of learners and supporters and facilitate their second-language literacy development

Citizen journalism · Ell · English language · English-language learner · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Media studies · Participatory culture · Pedagogy · Reading (process · Sociology · Teaching method · Vocabulary development · World Wide Web · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Literacy, Media, and Education · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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