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Language Learners’ Historical Bodies Directing their Agency in the Digital Wilds (2024)

Räsänen, E. (2024). Language Learners’ Historical Bodies Directing their Agency in the Digital Wilds. Journal of Language, Identity and Education, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2023.2300974

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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Räsänen, Elisa

Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Language, Identity and Education

ISSN: 1534-8458

eISSN: 1532-7701

Julkaisuvuosi: 2024

Ilmestymispäivä: 18.01.2024

Volyymi: Early online

Kustantaja: Routledge

Julkaisumaa: Yhdysvallat (USA)

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2023.2300974

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/94372

Tiivistelmä

Life histories and prior experiences of language learning, called historical bodies, direct language learners’ agency. However, their influence on agency is often underemphasized in the language-learning context. To develop practices that facilitate foreign language learners’ agency beyond the classroom, I present the case of American university-level Finnish learners’ reflections on their language use in the digital wilds, where they used different digital applications not designed for language learning. The data came from a portfolio assignment in which students documented and reflected on their independent language use. The study drew on nexus analysis, and discourse analysis was used to examine the reflections. The findings show that historical bodies directed what resources students used as learning material, what elements they oriented to as learning projects, and how they oriented themselves to future actions. Understanding the impact of historical bodies is important in shaping inclusive classroom practices that consider students’ agency and individuality.

YSO-asiasanat: diskurssi; toimijuus; kielen oppiminen; neksusanalyysi

Vapaat asiasanat: agency; digital wilds; discourse; historical body; language learning; nexus analysis

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2024

Alustava JUFO-taso: 2