Disruptive Technologies and the Language Classroom: A Complex Systems Theory Approach

by Regine Hampel

Although new technologies are embedded in students' lives today, there is often an assumption that their use is transparent, inconsequential, or a distraction. This book combines complex systems theory with sociocultural theory and the multimodal theory of communication, providing an innovative theoretical framework to examine how communication and meaning-making in the language classroom have developed over time, how technology impacts on meaning-making,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030313670
• ISBN13: 9783030313678
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"