Extending digital literacies: Proposing an agentive literacy to tackle the problems of distractive technologies in language learning

In a poll (ReImagineEdu, 2016) looking at the digital profile of nearly 1,000 learners, it was reported that 78% of students worry about digital technologies distracting them from study. In attempting to contribute to this emerging debate (Aaron & Lipton, 2018), this article investigates the experiences, perceptions and awareness of undergraduate language learners ( n = 215, over a 3-year period) of the distractive nature of technology and...