Developing new literacies using commercial videogames as educational tools

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-106

  Lacasa, Pilar ^a   Martínez, Rut ^a   Méndez, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bakhtin; Narrative; New literacies; Researcher teacher collaboration; Theater; Videogames

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249126218     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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