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Microblogging On Twitter: Social Networking In Intermediate Italian Classes, Enza Antenos
Microblogging On Twitter: Social Networking In Intermediate Italian Classes, Enza Antenos
Department of World Languages and Cultures Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Second language acquisition (SLA) research has explored the significance of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in educational models for second language (L2) pedagogy. Recently, the proliferation of Web 2.0 technologies has become the focus of many teachers and researchers who study the impact of Web 2.0 innovations on L2 teaching and learning. The majority of students enrolled in language courses in postsecondary institutions, too, are “digital natives”—a generation of “‘native speakers’ of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet”(Prensky, 2001, p. 1)—who desire obtaining information in new ways. Web 2.0 provides the core for an internet experience that is …