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Informal Digital Learning of English and Strategic Competence for Cross-Cultural Communication: Perception of Varieties of English as a Mediator
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Lee, Ju Seong – ReCALL, 2020
This exploratory study examined the potential connections between informal digital learning of English (IDLE), strategic competence for cross-cultural communication and perception of varieties of English. A total of 266 Korean EFL university students, who had no overseas experience, filled in a questionnaire survey. Follow-up semi-structured…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Electronic Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Understanding the Online Informal Learning of English as a Complex Dynamic System: An Emic Approach
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Sockett, Geoffrey – ReCALL, 2013
Research into the online informal learning of English has already shown it to be a widespread phenomenon involving a range of comprehension and production activities such as viewing original version television series, listening to music on demand and social networking with other English users. Dynamic systems theory provides a suitable framework…
Descriptors: Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning
Beyond Learner Autonomy: A Dynamic Systems View of the Informal Learning of English in Virtual Online Communities
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Sockett, Geoffrey; Toffoli, Denyze – ReCALL, 2012
This article discusses the informal learning of English by non-native speakers with particular reference to the role of virtual communities. The concept of informal learning is presented and related to current areas of interest in the literature such as incidental learning, and dynamic systems theory. Our research investigates how non-specialist…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Internet, Web Sites
Will Mobile Learning Change Language Learning?
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Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes – ReCALL, 2009
The use of mobile phones and other portable devices is beginning to have an impact on how learning takes place in many disciplines and contexts, including language learning. Learners who are not dependent on access to fixed computers can engage in activities that relate more closely to their current surroundings, sometimes crossing the border…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Telecommunications, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Mobile Assisted Language Learning in University EFL Courses in Japan: Developing Attitudes and Skills for Self-Regulated Learning
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Kondo, Mutsumi; Ishikawa, Yasushige; Smith, Craig; Sakamoto, Kishio; Shimomura, Hidenori; Wada, Norihisa – ReCALL, 2012
This paper reports a project in which researchers at universities in Japan explored the use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) practices by developing a learning module intended to help improve students' scores on the TOEIC Listening and Reading Tests. MALL practices are currently being developed at universities in Japan because almost…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Teaching Methods, Informal Education
Mobile Blogs in Language Learning: Making the Most of Informal and Situated Learning Opportunities
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Comas-Quinn, Anna; Mardomingo, Raquel; Valentine, Chris – ReCALL, 2009
The application of mobile technologies to learning has the potential to facilitate the active participation of learners in the creation and delivery of content. Mobile technologies can also provide a powerful connection between a variety of formal and informal learning contexts and can help to build a community of learners. However these versatile…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Informal Education, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Culture