The Online Informal Learning of English [electronic resource] /
Sockett, G.author.
Young people around the world are increasingly able to access English language media online for leisure purposes and interact with other users of English. This book examines the extent of these phenomena, their effect on language acquisition and their implications for the teaching of English in the 21st century.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Chapter outlines; 1.2 Why English?; 2 Informal Learning and Languages; 2.1 What is informal learning?; 2.2 What is informal language learning?; 2.3 OILE and the learner autonomy model; 2.4 Situating OILE within CALL; 2.5 Complexity and dynamic systems theories; 2.6 OILE and input hypothesis; 2.7 OILE and CREED; 2.8 Interlanguage or intertextuality?; 2.9 Situating OILE: Some conclusions; 3 The Practices of OILE; 3.1 Quantitative surveys of the activities associated with OILE
3.2 Listening to MOD3.3 Subtitling and language learning; 3.4 System level characteristics of OILE; 3.5 Inside the online informal learner's private world; 4 Language Acquisition from Online Informal Learning Activities; 4.1 Developing a corpus of informal listening contents; 4.2 Learner perceptions of acquisition through informal activities; 4.3 Language development through Tomasello's general learning processes; 4.4 Measuring vocabulary knowledge; 4.5 Analysis of written production; 4.6 Some conclusions about language development and OILE; 5 The Theoretical Implications of OILE
5.1 Implications for the research landscape5.2 Implications from learner practices; 6 OILE and the Classroom; 6.1 Surveying teacher attitudes to OILE; 6.2 New roles for teachers and learners in the classroom; 6.3 Implications for the resource centre; 6.4 Conclusions on OILE and the classroom; 7 Studying OILE: Research Methodologies and Perspectives; 7.1 Quantitative approaches; 7.2 Qualitative approaches; 7.3 Future perspectives; 8 Conclusions; 8.1 Bringing the wild into focus; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Young people around the world are increasingly able to access English language media online for leisure purposes and interact with other users of English. This book examines the extent of these phenomena, their effect on language acquisition and their implications for the teaching of English in the 21st century.
Psycholinguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
English language.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Applied linguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
English.
Language Teaching.
Applied Linguistics.