Language Learning and Leisure : : Informal Language Learning in the Digital Age / / ed. by Denyze Toffoli, Geoffrey Sockett, Meryl Kusyk.

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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] , 66
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 426 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author biographies
  • 1 Introduction to Language Learning and Leisure
  • Section 1: The nature of informal second language learning
  • 2 Toward an anthropology of Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE)
  • 3 Does informal mean implicit?
  • 4 Smart devices and informal language learning
  • Section 2: Language outcomes
  • 5 Informal second language learning and EFL learners’ spoken use of discourse markers
  • 6 Influence of television series on pronunciation
  • Section 3: Learner activities
  • 7 Mapping space, leisure and informal language learning in the lives of international students in Australia
  • 8 Learner perspectives on informal L2 vocabulary learning
  • 9 Mediation in informal language learning activities outside of the classroom
  • 10 Linguistic risk-taking and informal language learning in Canada and Austria
  • Section 4: Psychological dimensions
  • 11 Why does IDLE make EFL learners gritty?
  • 12 Preservice English language teachers and informal digital learning of English (IDLE) in Kazakhstan
  • 13 Learner profiles and ISLL trajectories
  • Section 5: Engagement
  • 14 Behaviour, thoughts, and feelings
  • 15 Learner engagement and learner change under lockdown
  • 16 Engaging with L2 Netflix
  • 17 Conclusion
  • Index