Beyond Learner Autonomy: A Dynamic Systems View of the Informal Learning of English in Virtual Online Communities

Autor/inn/en	Sockett, Geoffrey; Toffoli, Denyze
Titel	Beyond Learner Autonomy: A Dynamic Systems View of the Informal Learning of English in Virtual Online Communities
Quelle	In: ReCALL, 24 (2012) 2, S.138-151 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-3440
DOI	10.1017/S0958344012000031
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Web Based Instruction; Internet; Web Sites; Social Networks; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Informal Education; Systems Approach; Incidental Learning; Personal Autonomy; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Computer Mediated Communication; Discourse Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Web Based Training; Web-Design; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Systemischer Ansatz; Inzidentelles Lernen; Individuelle Autonomie; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Computerkonferenz; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	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 language learners use the Internet in their spare time to read and listen to English, and also communicate in English, notably in online communities through social networking websites. The study looks particularly at the dynamics of these phenomena by studying a small number of non-native users of English over a period of two months. The results of this research will be used to question the relevance of the learner autonomy paradigm, which has been a cornerstone of language learning policy in Europe for the past thirty years. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10