Teenagers Everyday Literacy Practices in English: Beyond the Classroom by Anasta

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This book examines everyday literacy in English as a foreign language (EFL). Focusing on the out-of-school literacy practices of teenagers in Athens, Greece, it challenges the notion that classrooms are the only contexts which provide exposure to English for learners.

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This book examines everyday literacy in English as a foreign language (EFL). Focusing on the out-of-school literacy practices of teenagers in Athens, Greece, it challenges the notion that classrooms are the only contexts which provide exposure to English for learners. The author demonstrates that English can be a powerful resource for teenagers, as a symbolic tool granting them additional means of communication and self-expression. In doing so, she makes an original contribution to the areas of literacy, language education, and applied linguistics. 

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This book examines everyday literacy in English as a foreign language (EFL). Focusing on the out-of-school literacy practices of teenagers in Athens, Greece, it challenges the notion that classrooms are the only contexts which provide exposure to English for learners. The author demonstrates that English can be a powerful resource for teenagers, as a symbolic tool granting them additional means of communication and self-expression. In doing so, she makes an original contribution to the areas of literacy, language education, and applied linguistics. Anastasia Rothoni is affiliated to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and also teaches English as a foreign language at secondary school level. Her research interests lie chiefly in the area of young people's language and literacy practices, digital technologies, ethnography, visual methods and multimodality.

Author Biography

Anastasia Rothoni is affiliated to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and also teaches English as a foreign language at secondary school level. Her research interests lie chiefly in the area of young people's language and literacy practices, digital technologies, ethnography, visual methods and multimodality.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theorising and Understanding Young People's Everyday English Literacies.- Chapter 3: Researching Young People's Everyday English Literacies.- Chapter 4: Mapping the Terrain of Teenagers' Everyday English Literacy Practices.- Chapter 5: The Interplay of Global Forms of Popular Culture and New Media in Teenagers' Literacy Practices.- Chapter 6: Peer-Group Membership and Youth Identities in 'Translocal' Activity Spaces.- Chapter 7: Connected or Mismatched? The Complex Relationship Between Home and School Literacy.- Chapter 8: Visual Accounts of Teenagers' Perceptions About Their Language and Literacy Practices.- Chapter 9: Teenagers' Literacy Practices with English Outside School Walls.

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Demonstrates the impact of English used as a global language in a digitally-interconnected world Reveals the complex ways that English language and digital resources interact in young people's everyday lives Responds to the transformation in literacy practices brought about by interactive digital media and high-speed Internet connections

Details ISBN3030335917 Author Anastasia Rothoni Pages 275 Year 2020 ISBN-10 3030335917 ISBN-13 9783030335915 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-01-21 Short Title Teenagers' Everyday Literacy Practices in English Language English Subtitle Beyond the Classroom DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-33592-2 DEWEY 428.00710495 UK Release Date 2020-01-21 Edition 1st Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Illustrations 30 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 275 p. 32 illus., 30 illus. in color. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2019 Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alternative 9783030335946 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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