Beyond the Language Classroom

✍ Scribed by Phil Benson, Hayo Reinders

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive exploration of theoretical and practical aspects of out-of-class teaching and learning, from a variety of perspectives and in various settings around the world, includes a theoretical overview of the field, 11 data-based case studies, and practical advice on materials development for independent learning.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
1 Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom: An Introduction to the Field......Page 18
2 Family, Friends, and Learning Beyond the Classroom: Social Networks and Social Capital in Language Learning......Page 28
3 Places for Learning: Technology-mediated Language Learning Practices Beyond the Classroom......Page 46
4 From Milk Cartons to English Roommates: Context and Agency in L2 Learning Beyond the Classroom......Page 58
5 Affordances for Language Learning Beyond the Classroom......Page 70
6 Becoming Multilingual: An Ethnographic Approach to SLA Beyond the Classroom......Page 83
7 Talk about Language Use: 'I know a little about your language'......Page 99
8 A Possible Path to Progress: Out-of-school English Language Learners in Sweden......Page 117
9 Teenagers Learning Languages Out of School: What, Why and How Do They Learn? How Can School Help Them?......Page 130
10 Older Language Learners, Social Learning Spaces and Community......Page 143
11 Tandem Learning in Virtual Spaces: Supporting Non-formal and Informal Learning in Adults......Page 157
12 Home Tutor Cognitions and the Nature of Tutor–Learner Relationships......Page 172
13 Materials Development for Learning Beyond the Classroom......Page 186
References......Page 201
Index......Page 216

✦ Subjects

Педагогика;Методики преподавания;Методика преподавания иностранных языков;