The Internet as a Glocal Discourse Environment -- A Commentary on Lam and Bloch

dc.creator	Dimitris Koutsogiannis
dc.creator	Bessie Mitsikopoulou
dc.date	2004-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:22:14Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:22:14Z
dc.identifier	1094-3501
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b8c47e5ab7f14124a2f5fc8afdbaa12c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20587
dc.description	The Internet as a worldwide literacy practice environment has created a new situation in communication, providing a new dynamic field for research. On the basis of the two articles under discussion, this commentary develops three main aspects of the Internet: as an informal learning environment for English as a second/foreign language; as a discursive space where identities are formed and social relationships are negotiated; and, as a space where the intermingling of the global and the local gives rise to hybrid language varieties. Taking into account that electronic environments are not neutral literacy practice environments but are involved in a complex nexus of power structures and relations that also need to be explored, this paper briefly addresses issues related to theoretical and methodological approaches for the study of language varieties in the Internet.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Cen
dc.relation	http://llt.msu.edu/vol8num3/koutsogiannis/default.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1094-3501
dc.source	Language Learning and Technology, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 83-89 (2004)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Literature (General)
dc.subject	PN1-6790
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.title	The Internet as a Glocal Discourse Environment -- A Commentary on Lam and Bloch
dc.type	article