Social reading incorporates Internet technologies and traditional practices of literacy, which foster collaborative reading and interpretation of texts. Using a digital annotation tool reunites learners around authentic materials and provides a platform for discussion outside the classroom. This presentation presents social reading as it relates to second language acquisition, current platforms available, and reports findings from a 2018-2019 study at Vanderbilt University, where intermediate-level French students read the novel Kiffe kiffe demain on the social reading platform SocialBook.
