Title Informal learning and institution-wide language provision : university language learners in the 21st century / Denyze Toffoli

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Series New language learning and teaching environments New language learning and teaching environments. Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Bibliography -- Prologue -- Becoming a Researcher in Applied Linguistics -- References -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- I Theoretical Views on the Contemporary L2 Learner -- 1 Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) -- 1 Initial Conditions -- 2 Non-linearity -- 3 Dynamism -- 4 Attractor States and the Search for Stability in a System -- 5 Emergence -- 6 Coadaptation, Self-Organisation and Phase Shifts -- 7 Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and Language Learning 8 Methodological Considerations in Complex Dynamic Systems Theory -- 9 Other Theories of L2 Development and Complex Dynamic Systems -- References -- 2 The Triple-A of L2 Learning: Autonomy, Ability and Attachment -- 1 Autonomy in General Theories of Motivation -- 2 Autonomy in the Applied Linguistics Literature -- 3 The Skills of the Contemporary Language Learner in Higher Education -- 3.1 Self-Efficacy -- 3.2 Self-Direction and Autonomy in Learning -- 3.3 Digital Literacy -- 3.4 L2 Competence -- 4 Relatedness -- 4.1 Attachment 4.2 Relevance of Adult Attachment Theory for Contemporary Language Learners in Higher Education -- 4.3 Social Agents and Action-Oriented Learning -- 5 Conclusion on Self-Determination -- References -- 3 Portrait of Two Contemporary Language Learners in Higher Education -- 1 Hadi, May 2018 -- 2 Corentin, April 2016 -- Reference -- II Contexts of Contemporary Language Development -- 4 Institution-Wide Language Provision -- 1 ESP, CLIL and Other Classroom-Based Arrangements: Targeting Student-Centred Language Through Content-Based Teaching -- 2 The Thorny Issue of B2 Target Levels 3 Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Disciplinary Education as a Foundation for Language Learning -- References -- 5 Targeting Student-Centred Language Through Self-Access -- 1 Self-Access/Language Resource Centres -- 2 IWLP at the University of Strasbourg -- 3 University Language Centres and Pedagogies as Seen by Students -- 4 Relevance of Self-Access for Language Learning in Higher Education -- References -- 6 Students Outside the System: Informal Learning -- 1 Informal Digital Learning of English (from OILE to IDLE) -- 2 Definitions and Terms -- 3 Practices -- 4 Acquisitions 5 The Lexicon from American Series -- 6 Other Lexical and Grammatical Acquisitions -- 7 Effects on Pronunciation -- 8 Strategies, Resource Use and Identity -- 9 The (Special) Place of Music -- 10 Initial Conclusions Regarding the Online Informal Learning of English -- References -- 7 Teaching Language to Contemporary Learners in Higher Education -- 1 Pedagogical Presence -- 2 Socio-Emotional Presence -- 3 Mediators of Speech -- 4 Drawing Together Research on Language Learning from Both LRC and OILE Contexts-Conclusion to Part II -- References Summary This book takes a fresh look at both context and the language learner in an attempt to shed light on the holistic and ever-changing system of the contemporary L2 speaker's language development. Drawing on complex dynamic systems theory as a means to more fully understand the holistic nature of contemporary language learning, the author attempts to bridge the longstanding gap between formal language provision in Higher Education institutions, and more informal language acquisition achieved through activities such as listening to music, watching films and television, and playing games. Based on a theoretical understanding of the interplay between these contexts, contents and practices, the author offers suggestions concerning the shape of language centres in higher education and the role of teachers in readying the contemporary language learner for autonomous lifelong and lifewide language development. This book will be of particular interest to language teachers, teacher trainers, and higher education administrators. Denyze Toffoli is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France. She was previously head of the Department of Languages for Specialists of Other Disciplines (LanSAD) at the University of Strasbourg, serving some 15,000 users in 10 different language centres Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 20, 2020) Subject Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Higher) Informal language learning. Teaching skills & techniques. Communication studies. Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL). Language teaching & learning (other than ELT). Language: reference & general. Education -- Educational Psychology. Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies. Education -- Computers & Technology. Education -- Language Experience Approach. Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General. Informal language learning Language and languages -- Study and teaching (Higher) Form Electronic book ISBN 3030378764 9783030378769

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