The Development of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in L2 Written Production through Informal Participation in Online Activities
| Autor: | Meryl Kusyk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Computer science Online participation media_common.quotation_subject 06 humanities and the arts Informal learning Informal education Language and Linguistics Electronic mail Computer Science Applications Education Fluency Reading (process) 0602 languages and literature Pedagogy Mathematics education Active listening Social media media_common |
| Zdroj: | CALICO Journal. 34:75-96 |
| ISSN: | 2056-9017 |
| Popis: | Research into the online informal learning of English (OILE) examines how non-native speakers of English may develop L2 skills through participation in leisure activities on the Internet in the target language. Such activities include, e.g., watching television series, films or videos, interacting on Facebook, reading articles or listening to music. Recent OILE studies have focused on students at French universities and have sought to both inventory language users’ online participation habits and track their L2 development (Kusyk & Sockett, 2012; Sockett, 2011; Sockett, 2014; Toffoli & Sockett, 2015; Sockett & Kusyk, 2015). This paper provides updated OILE participation data on French students and, for the first time, German university students. In order to increase awareness about current OILE practices, results of a questionnaire (N = 953) of OILE habits are presented. In addition, development in complexity, accuracy and fluency of three individual study participants was tracked over a period of five months. Results show a great deal of inter- and intraindividual variation, highlighting the need to consider L2 development as a complex and nonlinear process, especially when analyzed within an online, informal context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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