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Direct linkJennifer Bruen; Iker Erdocia – Language Learning Journal, 2025
This paper is concerned with the integration of informal language learning into university language modules in a foreign language environment. It begins by exploring the evolving nature of formal and informal language learning. This is followed by analysis of a pedagogic innovation intended to integrate foreign language activities in an informal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Informal Education, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Jonathon Reinhardt; Yiting Han – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This chapter discusses the informal practice of learnful L2 gaming, that is, playing a vernacular (commercial, non-educational) game for the intentional, sometimes incidental purpose of L2 use and practice. The introduction discusses the reasons for this widespread practice and the background section surveys associated theory and research,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Game Based Learning, Informal Education, Program Effectiveness
Antonie Alm – Educational Linguistics, 2021
The suitability of mobile apps for language learning finds increasing recognition in the field of language education. Recent research investigates the new learning experiences apps provide, taking the perspective of the language learner. This chapter seeks to contribute to this new line of autoethnographic research. As researcher-participant, I…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Download full textAlsubaie, Sara S.; Alabbad, Abbad M. – English Language Teaching, 2020
Recent studies on language acquisition and motivation have targeted Japanese language learners in a formal educational context, with less attention paid to learners who study Japanese informally. The current study aims to investigate the impact of Japanese animations in the context of informal third language acquisition. It targets the native…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Japanese, Multilingualism, Animation
Gooch, Becca; Stevenson, Alex – Learning and Work Institute, 2020
Conversation clubs provide spaces for participants to practise their English language speaking skills in a friendly, supportive and informal environment. Informal volunteer-led provision takes a number of forms and there is no standard approach or model of training, resources or materials to which volunteers adhere. There is huge value in…
Descriptors: Clubs, Interpersonal Communication, Language Skills, English (Second Language)
Findings from an Independent Evaluation of the AMNH's Online Seminars on Science Course: "Evolution"
Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. In 2008, Inverness Research conducted additional studies of the AMNH's new online course, "Evolution". This paper presents teacher survey ratings for "Evolution", along with…
Descriptors: Evolution, Suburban Schools, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
