Language Alternation in Online Forums: English Monolingual Normativity and Multilingual Practices

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Scrutiny2-Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/18125441.2020.1802504

S. Ndlangamandla

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Abstract Online discussion forums (ODFs), a type of computer-mediated communication (CMC), are sites of language use and multilingual practices where students communicate in web forum communities. There is limited research on the multilingual practices of students learning English for academic purposes (EAP) through ODFs. Drawing on discourse-centred online ethnography (DCOE) and discourse analysis, this article explores language alternation in one online university course. Students show agency by using languages in creative, multilingual ways when learning through technology. Although the course in question is an English language course, “semi-regulated” online discussion forums that allow language alternation and “networked” multilingualism promote peer and student-to-student interactions, resulting in fluid social relationships and challenging some of the norms of language education. Language alternation reveals the use of African languages and indexes both the expression of feelings and the cultural practices of these ODF communities. Universities are yet to implement multilingual online pedagogies that include the majority who do not speak English as a first language. Therefore, digital literacy and networked multilingualism are enabling multiple linguistic resources to challenge the “English-only” ideology.

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网络论坛中的语言转换：英语单语言规范与多语言实践

在线论坛(odf)是一种以计算机为媒介的交流(CMC)，是学生在网络论坛社区中进行语言使用和多语言实践的场所。关于学生通过odf学习学术英语(EAP)的多语实践研究有限。利用以话语为中心的在线民族志(DCOE)和话语分析，本文探讨了一门在线大学课程中的语言交替。学生在通过技术学习时，以创造性的、多语言的方式使用语言，表现出能动性。虽然这门课程是一门英语课程，但“半规范”的在线讨论论坛允许语言交流和“网络化”的多语使用，促进了同伴和学生之间的互动，导致了社会关系的流动，并挑战了语言教育的一些规范。语言的交替揭示了非洲语言的使用，并索引了这些ODF社区的情感表达和文化习俗。大学尚未实施多语言在线教学，其中包括大多数不以英语为第一语言的人。因此，数字扫盲和网络多语正在使多种语言资源挑战“只讲英语”的意识形态。

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期刊介绍： scrutiny2 is a double blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes original manuscripts on theoretical and practical concerns in English literary studies in southern Africa, particularly tertiary education. Uniquely southern African approaches to southern African concerns are sought, although manuscripts of a more general nature will be considered. The journal is aimed at an audience of specialists in English literary studies. While the dominant form of manuscripts published will be the scholarly article, the journal will also publish poetry, as well as other forms of writing such as the essay, review essay, conference report and polemical position piece. This journal is accredited with the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.