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Teenagers’ Everyday Literacy Practices in English

Beyond the Classroom

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Anastasia Rothoni

    1. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  • Demonstrates the impact of English used as a global language in a digitally-interconnected world
  • Reveals the complex ways that English language and digital resources interact in young people’s everyday lives
  • Responds to the transformation in literacy practices brought about by interactive digital media and high-speed Internet connections

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This book examines everyday literacy in English as a foreign language (EFL). Focusing on the out-of-school literacy practices of teenagers in Athens, Greece, it challenges the notion that classrooms are the only contexts which provide exposure to English for learners. The author demonstrates that English can be a powerful resource for teenagers, as a symbolic tool granting them additional means of communication and self-expression. In doing so, she makes an original contribution to the areas of literacy, language education, and applied linguistics. 

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 1-20

  3. Theorising and Understanding Young People’s Everyday Literacies

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 21-43

  4. Researching Young People’s Everyday English Literacies

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 45-74

  5. Mapping the Terrain of Teenagers’ Everyday English Literacy Practices

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 75-105

  6. The Interplay of Global Forms of Popular Culture and New Media in Teenagers’ Literacy Practices

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 107-141

  7. Peer-Group Membership and Youth Identities in “Translocal” Activity Spaces

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 143-179

  8. Connected or Mismatched? The Complex Relationship Between Home and School Literacy

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 181-213

  9. Visual Accounts of Teenagers’ Perceptions About Their Language and Literacy Practices

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 215-235

  10. Teenagers’ Literacy Practices with English Outside School Walls

    • Anastasia Rothoni
    Pages 237-271

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 273-275
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Authors and Affiliations

  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Anastasia Rothoni

About the author

Anastasia Rothoni is affiliated to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and also teaches English as a foreign language at secondary school level. Her research interests lie chiefly in the area of young people’s language and literacy practices, digital technologies, ethnography, visual methods and multimodality.

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