Adolescent English Language Learners' Collaborative Literacy Practices: Multimodal Expression of Self and Identity Negotiation

• In Event: Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Reading the Word and the World: Research on Literacy, Context, and Identity

Abstract

This multiple-case study investigated the collaborative literacy practices of adolescent English language learners (ELLs) with the focus on their expression of self and identity negotiation through multimodal means in face-to-face and online contexts from an ecological perspective. Three adolescent ELLs and their teacher from Purple High School in the southeastern part of the USA participated in the study. Data collection included interviews, observations, researchers’ and participants’ e-journals, and artifacts. The findings of the study afforded an insight into ELLs’ multimodal expression of self and identity negotiation, providing a foundation for discussion and implications for educators, researchers, and administrators.

Authors

• Oksana Vorobel, Borough of Manhattan Community College - CUNY

• Deoksoon Kim, University of South Florida