Research on Language Learning and Teaching in Digital Spaces

Polina Vinogradova, Ph.D. is Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and TESOL Program Director at American University in Washington, D.C., USA, where she works with undergraduate and graduate TESOL students.Heather A. Linville, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, USA, where she teaches undergraduate teacher candidates to be knowledgeable, critical, and ethical teachers of multilingual learners.

“Grounded in empirical studies spanning a wide range of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, Research on Language Learning and Teaching in Digital Spaces provides a compelling map of how digital environments are reshaping English language education. Tracing language learning and teaching across social media, games, VR and AI, the volume offers nuanced, context-sensitive insights into equity, intercultural collaboration, and culturally responsive practice for educators, researchers, and policymakers worldwide.”Ron Darvin, PhD., Associate Professor of the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Co-author of Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communication and Identity

• Part 1: Practicality: Language Learning in Digital Spaces 1. Self-Regulated Learning Prompts for Vocabulary Acquisition in Online L2 Contexts: How do They Affect Task Completion? 2. Bimodal Reading in Digital Spaces: How Reading While Listening Changes Reading of Familiar and Unfamiliar Words 3. Learner Perceptions of Task-Based Digital Simulations with Feedback for Pragmatic Development 4. The Impact of Playing a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game on Chinese English Learners’ L2 Pragmatic Competence in Making Requests Part 2: Possibility: Digital Spaces in Language Learning 5. Digital Spaces, Global Connections: Reshaping English Language Education With Integrating an Online Community in the Classroom 6. Parallel Literacies: Transdisciplinary Reflections on Language Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI 7. ‘We are cookin’, love’ or ‘We’re a crooked love’?: Swifties’ Language Learning Experiences on Reddit 8. A Multimodal Perspective on Online VR-Integrated Content-and-Language-Integrated-Learning (CLIL) Lesson Design 9. “Smells as Tesol”: Use of Multimedia in a Messaging App by English Language Teachers in Uzbekistan to Establish Their Social Presence During Professional Development Program