The "English Corner" as an Out-of-Class Learning Activity

Autor/in	Gao, Xuesong
Titel	The "English Corner" as an Out-of-Class Learning Activity
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 63 (2009) 1, S.60-67 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccn013
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Social Support Groups; Experiential Learning; Informal Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung
Abstract	This paper analyses the comments of a group of learners on their participation in an English corner on the Chinese mainland. It highlights that the particular "English corner" concerned in this study has become a social community where the participants could find supportive peers and self-assertion opportunities. The learners' participation in the community enhanced their autonomous learning and fostered subtle changes in their self-identities. The learning of English in the community echoes what constitutes a humanistic view of learning. The study invites language teachers to consider how such out-of-class learning activities can be integrated into our pedagogic practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10