Language Learning and Leisure - Informal Language Learning in the Digital Age

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Published: July 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783110752441

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Published: July 4, 2023
ISBN: 9783110752342

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The study of informal involvement with additional languages has recently emerged as a dynamic research field in SLA. With the rapid development and spread of internet-based technologies, contact with foreign languages outside the classroom has become commonplace. While this can take multiple forms, online contents are a major driving force because they present learners with unprecedented opportunities for exposure to and use of target languages regardless of their physical location. Research from diverse geographical, educational and socio-economic contexts bring a rich variety of perspectives to this book. It explores these phenomena via a range of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches, focusing particularly on individual differences and language development. The volume proposes that teachers in formal learning settings should seek to support and facilitate the development of these identities and practices, and it indicates means they can adopt to best do so.

Contents

1 Introduction to Language Learning and Leisure Meryl Kusyk, Geoffrey Sockett and Denyze Toffoli	1
Section 1: The nature of informal second language learning
2 Toward an anthropology of Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) Mark Dressman	21
3 Does informal mean implicit? Meryl Kusyk	43
4 Smart devices and informal language learning Robert Godwin-Jones	69
Section 2: Language outcomes
5 Informal second language learning and EFL learners’ spoken use of discourse markers Christina Lyrigkou	91
6 Influence of television series on pronunciation Kossi Seto Yibokou	121
Section 3: Learner activities
7 Mapping space, leisure and informal language learning in the lives of international students in Australia Phil Benson	143
8 Learner perspectives on informal L2 vocabulary learning Marlene Schwarz	159
9 Mediation in informal language learning activities outside of the classroom Miho Inaba	185
10 Linguistic risk-taking and informal language learning in Canada and Austria Stefanie Cajka, Eva Vetter, Ed Griffiths and Nikolay Slavkov	207
Section 4: Psychological dimensions
11 Why does IDLE make EFL learners gritty? Linlin Liu and Ju Seong Lee	241
12 Preservice English language teachers and informal digital learning of English (IDLE) in Kazakhstan Artem Zadorozhnyy and Baohua Yu	269
13 Learner profiles and ISLL trajectories Denyze Toffoli	291
Section 5: Engagement
14 Behaviour, thoughts, and feelings Henriette L. Arndt	327
15 Learner engagement and learner change under lockdown Geoffrey Sockett	359
16 Engaging with L2 Netflix Antonie Alm	379
17 Conclusion Geoffrey Sockett, Denyze Toffoli and Meryl Kusyk	409
Index	425