Liminality and Disinhibition in Online Language Learning

dc.creator	Una Cunningham
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:22:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:22:55Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b7229c975a5540949107552d5eaaf5fd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20829
dc.description	The aim of this paper is to bring theoretical concepts from other areas of scholarly research to bear on synchronous online education in a cross-disciplinary effort to shed light on what is going on by introducing systems of thought from other areas. The liminality and associated communitas which are found in synchronous online learning environments are examined for their possible consequences for learning in general and language learning in particular. Like computer-mediated communication, liminality has been associated with disinhibitory effects. Lack of excessive inhibition has been shown to have positive effects on second language production. The position of the online learner as “neither here nor there” or perhaps simultaneously both here and there is investigated and discussed.Distance universities; higher education; e-learning; CMC; liminality; disinhibition; language learning; online learning; computer-mediated communication
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/950/1858
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2011)
dc.subject	Distance universities
dc.subject	higher education
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	CMC
dc.subject	liminality
dc.subject	disinhibition
dc.subject	language learning
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	computer-mediated communication
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	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	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Liminality and Disinhibition in Online Language Learning
dc.type	article