What are the
​LSLP Micro-Papers?

As a team, part of our work involves reading and discussing different issues related to our conceptual frameworks, our research methods, and our overall understanding of literacy. However, we have realized that talking about it is not enough. We also need to write about our understandings and share that with other students and practitioners interested in our work.

The LSLP Micro-papers are a series of conceptual, one-page papers by our research team and guest literacy researchers (such as our partners at the Initiative for Literacy Research in a Digital Age) that introduce concepts and ideas linked to literacy research and our current research lines at LSLP.

Ground Rules

• The LSLP Micro-Papers are intended to sound non-academic in style. However, they must be they are based on readings and scholarship (as as requisite for publication, all articles must include references) and should therefore serve as a reference to anyone interested in literacies research.
• All micro-papers undergo a review and editing process to ensure quality. Therefore, we invite literacy researchers and students across the globe to use these micro-papers as reference guides for your own work. 

The Review Process

• The review process begins when authors suggest a topic. The editor either green-lights the draft or makes some suggestions.
• After that, authors submit their drafts to the editor,  who in turn provides feedback related to content (making sure the text does contribute to our research at LSLP) and formatting (mostly ensuring that texts remain within the one-page format of the micro-papers).
• In the case of junior authors (i.e. LSLP researchers), the review also includes some edits for grammar and syntax (after all, for many of these young writers, this is their first foray into formal academic writing for publication).
• The editor e-mails the revised drafts to all authors for their final revisions of the suggested edits.
• Once authors have approved the revisions or made further changes, the articles appear on our website and we announce their publication across our social media engine.

Some Reference
Information

To better understand what the Micro-Papers are and why they matter to us

• Read our 2016 Op-ed in Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE), 
• Watch this conversation between Dr. Peggy Semingson and Dr. Berry about the LSLP Micro-Papers.

APA Citation

To cite the Micro-Papers, you can follow the following example (APA 7th Edition format): 

Robles-Ortiz, N. A. (2023). Academic literacies. LSLP Micro-Papers, 94. https://www.lslp.org/uploads/3/8/9/7/38976989/lslp-micro-paper-94-academic-literacies.pdf
(Note: Copy and paste the link to each Micro-Paper when citing it).

Call for Submissions

Although most LSLP Micro-Papers are authored by our research team, we are always happy to accept submissions from literacy researchers (both faculty members and graduate students) interested in contributing to the series. Feel free to contact Dr. Raúl Alberto Mora, LSLP Micro-Papers editor, with a brief proposal of the term you would like to write. All submissions must include four parts: Defining the Term, Connecting it to LSLP, Expanding Second Language Research, and References (max. 3).

2014-2015
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 1:  Polylanguaging by Tatiana Chiquito & Brayan Rojas PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 2: Superdiversity by Maryori Giraldo & Sebastián Castaño PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 3: Ethnography by Natalia Ramírez & Raúl A. Mora QI PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 4: Multimodality by María Camila Mejía-Vélez & Tatiana Salazar Patiño PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 5: Metrolingualism by Sebastián Peláez & Melissa Castaño PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 6: Critical Literacy by Nathalie Gómez & Alejandro Zuluaga PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 7: Literacy by Raúl A. Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 8: Multiliteracies by Claudia Cañas & Angela Ocampo PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 9: Pinterest and 21st Century Literacies by Katie Rybakova & Charise Kollar PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 10: Participatory Literacies by Rikki Rocanti PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 11: Polyangulation by Raúl A. Mora QI PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 12: Gaming Literacy by Mateo Jaramillo Villegas PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 13: Livescribe and Second Language Learning by Amy Piotrowski PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 14: Transmediality by Raúl A. Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 15: Social Media by Julián Zapata PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 16: Intertextuality by Tuba Angay-Crowder PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 17: WebQuests by Raúl A. Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 18: Media Literacy Education and Second Language Learners by Kathy Garland and Kisha Bryan
PDF | Audio
​LSLP Micro-Paper 19: Content Area Literacies by Mackenzie Johnson PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 20: Communicative Competence by Raúl A. Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 21: Aesthetic Dimensions of [Critical] Literacies by Gloria Gutiérrez-Arismendy PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 22: Critical Discourse Analysis by Raúl A. Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 23: Second Languages by Sara Uribe and María Alejandra Gómez PDF | Audio

2015-2016
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 24: Multi- and Plurilingualism by Tatiana Salazar Patiño & Natalia Ramírez PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 25: Emic/Etic by Raúl Alberto Mora QI PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 26: Literacy in Social Networks by Tyrone Steven Orrego & Michael Hernandez PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 27: Slam Poetry by Raúl Alberto Mora PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 28: [Gaming] Fan Fiction by Sebastián Castaño PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 29: Fashion as Literacy Practice by María Camila Mejía-Vélez PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 30: Identity by Sara Uribe PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 31: Children's Personal Literacies by Claudia Cañas & Angela Ocampo PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 32: Language-as-Victory by Michael Hernandez & Sebastián Castaño  PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 33: Role Playing by Tyrone Steven Orrego PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 34: Social Media Literacy by Julián Zapata PDF | Audio 
LSLP Micro-Paper 35: Edmodo by Natalia A. Salazar PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 36: Participant Observation  by Tatiana Chiquito & Maryori Giraldo QI PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 37: Glocalized Advocacy by Raúl Alberto Mora PDF | Audio

2016-2020
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 52: Isotypes by Walter Castaño
LSLP Micro-Paper 53: Connoisseurship as Literacy Practice by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 54: Rashomon Effect by Walter Castaño QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 55: Gamers as L2 Users by Carlos Andrés Gaviria
LSLP Micro-Paper 56: Language Exchange by Ana María Urrego-Zapata
LSLP Micro-Paper 57: Personal Learning Environment by Esteban Eusse
LSLP Micro-Paper 58: Critical Digital Literacies by Earl Aguilera and Jessica Zacher Pandya
LSLP Micro-Paper 59: Design by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 60: Language Coexistence by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 61: Language Planning by Mark Payne
LSLP Micro-Paper 62: Soundscaping by J. Sebastián Ramírez
LSLP Micro-Paper 38: Geosemiotics by Raúl Alberto Mora QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 39: Photography as Data by Tatiana Chiquito & Julián David Zapata QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 40: Indexicality by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 41: Critical Literacy Read-Alouds by Ana Karina Rodríguez
LSLP Micro-Paper 42: Storytelling by Mónica López-Ladino
LSLP Micro-Paper 43: Tattoo as Literacy Practice by Tatiana Chiquito & Maryori Giraldo
LSLP Micro-Paper 44: Podcasts by Raúl Alberto Mora & Carla Pulgarín
​LSLP Micro-Paper 45: Literacies in Second Languages by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 46: Critical Media Literacy by Melanie Mollan-Moscoso
LSLP Micro-Paper 47: Gamification by Esteban Eusse
LSLP Micro-Paper 48: Assessment by Esteban Vasquez
LSLP Micro-Paper 49: Visual Literacy in Video Games by J. Sebastián Ramírez
LSLP Micro-Paper 50: Identity in Video Games by J. Sebastián Ramírez & Carlos Andrés Gaviria
LSLP Micro-Paper 51: Multimodal Critical Consciousness by Raúl Alberto Mora
​LSLP Micro-Paper 52: Isotypes by Walter Castaño
LSLP Micro-Paper 53: Connoisseurship as Literacy Practice by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 54: Rashomon Effect by Walter Castaño QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 55: Gamers as L2 Users by Carlos Andrés Gaviria
LSLP Micro-Paper 56: Language Exchange by Ana María Urrego-Zapata
LSLP Micro-Paper 57: Personal Learning Environment by Esteban Eusse
LSLP Micro-Paper 58: Critical Digital Literacies by Earl Aguilera and Jessica Zacher Pandya
LSLP Micro-Paper 59: Design by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 60: Language Coexistence by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 61: Language Planning by Mark Payne
LSLP Micro-Paper 62: Soundscaping by J. Sebastián Ramírez
​LSLP Micro-Paper 63:Translanguaging by Yuly Cárdenas
LSLP Micro-Paper 64: Fandom by Elizabeth (Effy) Agudelo
LSLP Micro-Paper 65: Lore by Julián Londoño-Mazo
LSLP Micro-Paper 66: Gamers as L2 Teachers by Carlos Andrés Sánchez-Rodas
​LSLP Micro-Paper 67: Multiverse Theory by Elizabeth (Effy) Agudelo QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 68: Digital Ethnography by #TeamLaV QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 69: Podcasting as CDL Practice by Edison F. Castrillón-Ángel

2020-2021
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 70: City as Literacy by Ana María Herrera and Sara Jaramillo
LSLP Micro-Paper 71: Multimodal Critical Consciousness as Praxis by Andrés Esteban Tobón-Gallego
LSLP Micro-Paper 72: Socio-Critical Approaches to Literacy by Natalia Andrea Ramírez
LSLP Micro-Paper 73: Game Elements by Juan Camilo Mazo-Parra
LSLP Micro-Paper 74: Gamer by Carlos Andrés Sánchez-Rodas and Jeferson Sanmartín-Arango
LSLP Micro-Paper 75: Affinity Spaces by Zeidy Y. Agudelo-Lopera
LSLP Micro-Paper 76: Global Popular Culture and Literacies by Carlos Andrés Gaviria and Kewman M. Lee
LSLP Micro-Paper 77: Critical Literature Review by Raúl Alberto Mora QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 78: Duoethnography by Walter Castaño QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 79: Meta-Analysis by Natalia Ramírez QI
LSLP Micro-Paper 80: Queer Critical Literacies by Diego Zapata-Pescador and --eliana d.
​LSLP Micro-Paper 81: Gamifying by Juan Camilo Mazo-Parra and Carlos Andrés Sánchez
LSLP Micro-Paper 82: Community-Based Literacies by Jhon Eduardo Mosquera-Pérez

2021-2022
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 83: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies by Nathalia Andrea Robles-Ortiz
​LSLP Micro-Paper 84: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy by Tatiana Chiquito-Gómez
LSLP Micro-Paper 85: Journaling by Margarita Rosa Díaz-Gamarra
LSLP Micro-Paper 86: New Literacies by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 87: Bildung by Tyrone Steven Orrego
LSLP Micro-Paper 88: anglo-language imperialism by Raúl Alberto Mora
LSLP Micro-Paper 89: Urban Ethnography by Raúl Alberto Mora QI

2023
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 90: Gamer Mom by Tatiana Gómez-Ramírez
LSLP Micro-Paper 91: Third Space by Stefany López-Quintero & Daniel Saldarriaga Hincapié
LSLP Micro-Paper 92: Instagram as #Digitalstorytelling by Jackeline Valencia Londoño
LSLP Micro-Paper 93: Critical Literacy as a Teaching Practice of Self-de/colonialization by Natalia Andrea Ramírez

2023-present
(NOTE: Micro-Papers with a QI mark belong to our Qualitative Inquiry Methods Strand section)

LSLP Micro-Paper 94: Academic Literacies by Nathalia Andrea Robles-Ortiz PDF | Audio
LSLP Micro-Paper 95: A Three-Tiered Discourse Model by Raúl Alberto Mora PDF | Audio

Upcoming Micro-Papers:

• Literacies in Rural Spaces
• Style and Substance
• Music as a Literacy Practice
• Micro-Writing
• Pluriversal Literacies
• AI Literacies

A Special
​Thank You

We drew inspiration for the LSLP Micro-Papers from the Key Concepts by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Special thanks to Dr. Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, CID Director, for allowing us to adapt this idea for LSLP.

Copyright

LSLP Micro-Papers by Literacies in Second Languages Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.