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

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Language Learning and Leisure

Informal Language Learning in the Digital Age

Edited by: Denyze Toffoli , Geoffrey Sockett and Meryl Kusyk

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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Volume 66 | Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

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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.

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Denyze Toffoli, Univ. de Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier; Geoffrey Sockett, Univ. Paris Cité; Meryl Kusyk, Karlsruhe Univ. of Education.

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

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eBook published on:

July 4, 2023

eBook ISBN:

9783110752441

Hardcover published on:

July 4, 2023

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110752342

Paperback published on:

June 30, 2025

Paperback ISBN:

9783112213926

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Front matter:

9

Main content:

426

Illustrations:

37

Coloured Illustrations:

2

Tables:

27

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752441

eBook ISBN: 9783110752441

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110752342

Paperback ISBN: 9783112213926

Keywords for this book

Second Language Acquisition; Informal Learning; Language Development

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Scholars and students of Language Learning and Teaching, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics.

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