The Development of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in L2 Written Production through Informal Participation in Online Activities

Autor/in	Kusyk, Meryl
Titel	The Development of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in L2 Written Production through Informal Participation in Online Activities
Quelle	In: CALICO Journal, 34 (2017) 1, S.75-96 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2056-9017
DOI	10.1558/cj.29513
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Informal Education; College Students; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Leisure Time; Case Studies; Semi Structured Interviews; Language Fluency; Recreational Activities; Social Media; Electronic Mail; Internet; Television; Video Technology; Reading; Music; Interpersonal Communication; Speech Communication; Films; France; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Collegestudent; Fragebogen; Ausland; Freizeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Freizeitgestaltung; Soziale Medien; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Leseprozess; Lesen; Musik; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Film; Frankreich; Deutschland
Abstract	Research into the online informal learning of English (OILE) examines how nonnative 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, 2014; Sockett & Kusyk, 2015; Toffoli & Sockett, 2015). This article 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01