Digital Literacy In Ann Amicucci's How They Really Talk

In the article, "How They Really Talk”, the author, Ann Amicucci, begins by explaining what digital literacy is and how it connects to an academic discourse, by conducting interviews. Amicucci then goes in depth and explains how teachers should take action and begin understanding how all students have a connection to social media and how social media affects students writing. Not only does digital literacy have an impact on everyone’s primary Discourse, academic discourse does as well. Students are actually gaining the knowledge from their academic studies faster because of digital literacies in social media. Throughout Ann Amicucci’s article, “How They Really Talk”, she examines how digital literacy is helping students in their classes, by conducting interviews. Amicucci found out that “students’ purpose for writing and audience within it-affects the way they write” (489). Social media, Facebook and Twitter, is mainly used because their connection with friends online helps them learn their material from class better. Students use social media because it is easier to learn when talking to friends online in their primary discourse about something and not in their secondary discourse. They feel like they can be

In Stephanie Jones’ article, “Language with an Attitude: White Girls Performing Class”, she goes in depth with explaining how young girls’ language and identities have a huge impact on the way they talk at home verses school. Jones explains that “for children who acquire their first Discourse in poverty….a challenge lies ahead: to gain access to flexible linguistic practices that work to your advantage in various contexts, especially in school” (122). Children who weren’t exposed to high levels of language are more up for a challenge when starting school. Those girls are more likely to have different types of