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Direct linkArtem Zadorozhnyy; Ju Seong Lee – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) is associated with willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC). Although affective mediators (e.g. enjoyment and anxiety) have been found to influence the relationship between IDLE and L2 WTC, it is unclear whether cognitive factors influence IDLE's effects on L2 WTC. This study aims to fill…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Self Efficacy
Ali Soyoof; Barry Lee Reynolds; Kan Kan Chan; Wen-Ta Tseng; Kate McLay – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Research has shown that massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have the potential to offer language learning opportunities. However, there is a dearth of research exploring student attitudes about the potential of these games for language learning. We used the language learning principles framework proposed by Brown and Lee…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ke Li; Mark Peterson; Qiao Wang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study applies Activity Theory to describe and analyze an out-of-school project in which eight Chinese university students utilized a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) to learn English. Based on data collected through questionnaires, gaming journals, gaming recordings and interviews, thematic analysis was performed to identify the…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Second Language Learning, Video Games, College Students
Guangxiang Liu; Chaojun Ma; Jie Bao; Zhixin Liu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Utilizing a structural equation modeling approach, this article aims to examine the dynamics between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and Intercultural Competence (ICC). Altogether, 1490 Chinese college students from different types of universities in China answered the self-developed and validated IDLE-ICC questionnaire. The results…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication
Lamb, Martin; Arisandy, Fauziah Eka – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
Profound changes in the literacy practices of young people in the early part of this century mean that many are encountering and using English in their personal lives while studying the language formally in school or university, potentially shaping their language development and attitudes. This article reports a research project which investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Motivation
Toffoli, Denyze; Sockett, Geoff – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2015
Online Informal Learning of English (OILE) involves the many different types of language practices that non-specialist EFL students of English are involved in on the Internet. This article reviews previous studies in the area and summarises the specific outcomes that OILE is thought to produce. It then presents an analysis of a survey of teachers'…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Attitudes, Informal Education, English (Second Language)
Kessler, Greg – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
Recent research suggests that there is a general lack of a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) presence in teacher preparation programs. There is also evidence that teachers obtain a majority of their CALL knowledge from informal sources and personal experience rather than through formalized preparation. Further, graduates of these programs…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teacher Education
