L2 Identity, Discourse, and Social Networking in Russian

Autor/inn/en	Klimanova, Liudmila; Dembovskaya, Svetlana
Titel	L2 Identity, Discourse, and Social Networking in Russian
Quelle	In: Language Learning & Technology, 17 (2013) 1, S.69-88 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-3501
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Discourse Analysis; Internet; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Russian; Social Networks; Second Language Instruction; Information Technology; Intercultural Communication; Telecommunications; College Students; Self Concept; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Diskursanalyse; Minderheitensprache; Russisch; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Informationstechnologie; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Telekommunikationstechnik; Collegestudent; Selbstkonzept; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	As the integration of Internet-based social networking tools becomes increasingly popular in foreign language classrooms, the use of modern communication technologies is particularly critical in the context of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs), where student exposure to the target language and its speakers is usually minimal. This paper describes communicative exchanges between native speakers and non-native speakers (NS-NNS) in a telecollaborative project that spanned two semesters and brought a rich and authentic social networking community, "VKontakte", into college-level Russian classes in the United States. The analysis of the students' online activities, phenomenological interviews, and interactions with Russian keypals grounded in the principles of identity construction through interaction (Bucholtz & Hall, 2005) and Discourse Analysis Framework (Gee, 2005) shed light on the students' emerging online second language (L2) identities along the continuum from L2 learners to L2 users. Along with global and local categories of L2 identity enactment in virtual social spaces, we bring into focus the notions of "digital wisdom" (Prensky, 2009) and "investment" (Norton, 2000), while exploring the ways in which learners of LCTLs, such as Russian, draw on Internet mediation in order to compensate for the lack of contact with the L2 and to extend social connections beyond the confines of a language classroom. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10