L2 Literacy and the Design of the Self: A Case Study of a Teenager Writing on the Internet.

Lam, Wan Shun Eva

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ERIC Number: EJ616473

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Publication Date: 2000

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L2 Literacy and the Design of the Self: A Case Study of a Teenager Writing on the Internet.

Lam, Wan Shun Eva

TESOL Quarterly, v34 n3 p457-82 Aut 2000

This case study shows how an English-as-a-Second-Language teenager in the United States created literacy experiences for himself through involvement in various forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC) on the Internet. Analyzes the learner's information on textual identity through the theoretical constructs of voice, design, and self.(Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Ethnography, Internet, Literacy, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: TESOL in the 21st Century.