EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook

In this article I report the findings of a descriptive and interpretative qualitative study carried out in a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. The study aimed at analyzing, describing and exploring teenage students’ social identity representation as observed in their participation in a learning com...

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Main Author: Laura Verónica Jiménez Guamán
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-07-01
Series:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/34077
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description In this article I report the findings of a descriptive and interpretative qualitative study carried out in a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. The study aimed at analyzing, describing and exploring teenage students’ social identity representation as observed in their participation in a learning community on Facebook. Data were collected from eight active participants through artifacts and semi-structured interviews in the Dragster Virtual Community on Facebook. Data analysis illustrated that teenagers’ ways of expressing themselves are manifested in conversations and posts and these interactions portray and reflect their social identity inside the group. Their social representations are evaluated, accepted, or denied by the other members in the asynchronous group.
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spelling doaj-art-a149379e3f9b4fbba865e5380e7a1ec42025-08-20T03:38:34ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902012-07-01142181194EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on FacebookLaura Verónica Jiménez Guamán0Universidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasIn this article I report the findings of a descriptive and interpretative qualitative study carried out in a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. The study aimed at analyzing, describing and exploring teenage students’ social identity representation as observed in their participation in a learning community on Facebook. Data were collected from eight active participants through artifacts and semi-structured interviews in the Dragster Virtual Community on Facebook. Data analysis illustrated that teenagers’ ways of expressing themselves are manifested in conversations and posts and these interactions portray and reflect their social identity inside the group. Their social representations are evaluated, accepted, or denied by the other members in the asynchronous group.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/34077Dialogical representationsocial identityvirtual community
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EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
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Dialogical representation
social identity
virtual community
title EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
title_full EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
title_fullStr EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
title_full_unstemmed EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
title_short EFL Teenagers’ Social Identity Representation in a Virtual Learning Community on Facebook
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topic Dialogical representation
social identity
virtual community
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/34077
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