32.2098, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Acq, Ling & Lit, Socioling/USA

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Subject: 32.2098, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Acq, Ling & Lit, Socioling/USA

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 14:41:43
From: Chris Jacobs [jacobsc at unk.edu]
Subject: Getting Social in Language Class: Language Acquisition through Social Media

 
Full Title: Getting Social in Language Class: Language Acquisition through Social Media 

Date: 10-Mar-2022 - 13-Mar-2022
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA 
Contact Person: Chris Jacobs
Meeting Email: jacobsc at unk.edu
Web Site: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/19502 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2021 

Meeting Description:

Short description: 
The social media that most college students regularly use facilitate the
acquisition of communicative skills, as well as the creation of a classroom
community that aids in learning. This panel will explore how social media can
be used in the language classroom to promote real-world language proficiency. 

Abstract:
A recent (2021) Pew Research Center study revealed that 84% of 18-29-year-old
Americans use social media. Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok were the
most popular among this age group. This high social media use means that
today’s college students are likely to be distracted by social media in class,
but it also means plenty of opportunities to practice real-world communicative
skills and to create the type of classroom community that has been shown to be
conducive to learning.

Current sociocultural theories describe learning as a social process that
entails a sense of community (van Lier, 1996; Vygotsky, 1978). This is exactly
what social media were designed to create. The positive emotions and lowered
affective barriers that come from a strong sense of community (Lave & Wenger,
1991; Fredrickson, 2001, 2013), coupled with the increased motivation and
focus that arise from completing tasks that students find familiar and
relevant (Fenyvesi, 2020; Henry & Thorsen, 2020), help to optimize learning
(Lambert, 2021). Furthermore, increased motivation has been linked to
increased willingness to communicate (Lee & Lee, 2021), which means more
practice opportunities and thus more learning (DeKeyser, 2007; Suzuki et al.,
2019). 

The purpose of this panel is to explore how the social media platforms that
students likely already know can be used in the language classroom to
facilitate the acquisition of real-world communicative skills. It invites both
empirical studies and practitioner and student accounts of their use of social
media in language classes to foster a multi-perspective dialogue on how social
media can be employed to optimize language learning. For this panel, social
media will be understood as applications and websites that facilitate
connections via synchronous or asynchronous written or spoken communication.
This includes—but is certainly not limited to—Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat,
TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit.


Call for Papers: 

You may submit your proposal for a 15-20-minute paper presentation here:
https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/19502

Your proposal should include an abstract of no more than 300 words, a title of
no more than 100 characters, and a short biography about you, the presenter/s.

The submission deadline is September 30, 2021.




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