Digital Literacies (Research and Resources in Language Teaching) - Softcover

Nicky Hockly; Gavin Dudeney; Assoc Prof Mark Pegrum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408296896 ISBN 13: 9781408296899

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Dramatic shifts in our communication landscape have made it crucial for language teaching to go beyond print literacy and encompass the digital literacies which are increasingly central to learners' personal, social, educational and professional lives. By situating these digital literacies within a clear theoretical framework, this book provides educators and students alike with not just the background for a deeper understanding of these key 21st-century skills, but also the rationale for integrating these skills into classroom practice. This is the first methodology book to address not just why but also how to teach digital literacies in the English language classroom. This book provides:

• A theoretical framework through which to categorise and prioritise digital literacies
• Practical classroom activities to help learners and teachers develop digital literacies in tandem with key language skills
• A thorough analysis of the pedagogical implications of developing digital literacies in teaching practice
• A consideration of exactly how to integrate digital literacies into the English language syllabus
• Suggestions for teachers on how to continue their own professional development through PLNs (Personal Learning Networks), and how to access teacher development opportunities online

This book is ideal for English language teachers and learners of all age groups and levels, academics and students researching digital literacies, and anyone looking to expand their understanding of digital literacies within a teaching framework.

About this title

About the Author

Hockly, Nicola | Dudeney, Gavin | Pegrum, Mark

From the Back Cover

Dramatic shifts in our communication landscape have made it crucial for language teaching to go beyond print literacy and encompass the digital literacies which are increasingly central to learners’ personal, social, educational and professional lives. By situating these digital literacies within a clear theoretical framework, this book provides educators and students alike with not just the background for a deeper understanding of these key 21st-century skills, but also the rationale for integrating these skills into classroom practice. This is the first methodology book to address not just why but also how to teach digital literacies in the English language classroom. This book provides:

• A  theoretical framework through which to categorise and prioritise digital literacies

• Practical classroom activities to help learners and teachers develop digital literacies in tandem with key language skills

• A thorough analysis of the pedagogical implications of developing digital literacies in teaching practice

• A consideration of exactly how to integrate digital literacies into the English language syllabus
  
• Suggestions for teachers on how to continue their own professional development through PLNs (Personal Learning Networks), and how to access teacher development opportunities online

This book is ideal for English language teachers and learners of all age groups and levels, academics and students researching digital literacies, and anyone looking to expand their understanding of digital literacies within a teaching framework.

Gavin Dudeney is Director of Technology at The Consultants-E. With over 23 years of EFL teaching and training experience, he is the author of The Internet and the Language Classroom (2000, 2007) and the co-author of How to Teach English with Technology (2007) and Learning English as a Foreign Language for Dummies (2009).

Nicky Hockly is Director of Pedagogy at The Consultants-E. With over 25 years of EFL teaching and training experience, she is the author of Webinars: A cookbook for educators (2012), and the co-author of How to Teach English with Technology (2007), Learning English as a Foreign Language for Dummies (2009), and Teaching Online (2010).

Mark Pegrum is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Australia. He teaches in Perth, Hong Kong and Singapore in the areas of e-learning and mobile learning. He is the author of From Blogs to Bombs: The future of digital technologies in education (2009) and the co-editor of Brave New Classrooms: democratic education and the internet (2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408296896
• ISBN 13: 9781408296899
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400