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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456901903321

Autore

Gee James Paul

Titolo

Language and learning in the digital age / / James Paul Gee and Elisabeth Hayes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-04041-7

9786613040411

1-136-82566-5

0-203-83091-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HayesElisabeth

Disciplina

418.0078/5

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Digital media

Social media

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Language andLearning in theDigital Age; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Language; 3. Literacy; 4. Language and interaction; 5. New kinds of people and relationships; 6. Literacy and interpretation; 7. School; 8. School and passionate affinity spaces; 9. Play and theory crafting; 10. Cats, passion, and expertise; 11. The return of the amateur and the new capitalism; 12. Words, images, and experiences; 13. Three social formations; 14. Multitasking, diversity, and commonality; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Language and Learning in the Digital Age, linguist James Paul Gee and educator Elisabeth Hayes deal with the forces unleashed by today's digital media, forces that are transforming language and learning for good and ill.They argue that the role of oral language is almost always entirely misunderstood in debates about digital media. Like the earlier inventions of writing and print, digital media actually power up or enhance the powers of oral language.Gee and Hayes deal, as well, with current digital transformations of language and literacy in the cont