Handbook of Informal Language Learning

Mark Dressman is Professor and Chair of English at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has authored four books, including Using social theory in educational research: A practical guide (2008), and more than thirty journal articles on curriculum and the teaching of English as a first and other language. Randall William Sadler is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of TESL and ESL at the University of Illinois, USA. He teaches courses on telecollaboration, virtual worlds, and teaching L2 reading and writing and focuses his research on technology in language learning. He is author of Virtual Worlds for Language Learning: From Theory to Practice (2012) and has published in many journals, including Journal of English for Academic Purposes, CALICO, ReCALL, Language Learning & Technology.

• Notes on Contributors ixIntroduction 1Mark DressmanPart I Theorizing Informal Language Learning 131 Motivation and Informal Language Learning 15Alice Chik2 Learning Languages in Informal Environments: Some Cognitive Considerations 27Kiel Christianson and Sarah‐Elizabeth Deshaies3 Multimodality and Language Learning 39Mark Dressman4 How Learning Context Shapes Heritage and Second Language Acquisition 57Silvina Montrul5 Informal Writing and Language Learning 75Paul Kei Matsuda and Melika NouriPart II Learning in Digital Contexts 856 Virtual Landscapes 87Randall William Sadler7 Gaming and Informal Language Learning 101Stephanie W.P. Knight, Lindsay Marean, and Julie M. Sykes8 Self‐Paced Language Learning Using Online Platforms 117Panagiotis Arvanitis9 Fan Fiction and Informal Language Learning 139Shannon Sauro10 Vlogs, Video Publishing, and Informal Language Learning 153Tatiana Codreanu and Christelle Combe11 Mobile Collaboration for Language Learning and Cultural Learning 169Agnes Kukulska‐Hulme and Helen LeePart III Learning Through Media and Live Contact 18112 Video and Informal Language Learning 183Robert Vanderplank13 Songs and Music 203Karen M. Ludke14 Mobility, Media, and Multiplicity: Immigrants’ Informal Language Learning via Media 215Kristen H. Perry and Annie M. Moses15 Service Sector Work and Informal Language Learning 229Hania Janta and Stefan D. Keller16 Linguistic Landscapes and Additional Language Development 243Jana Roos and Howard Nicholas17 Language Tourism and Second Language Acquisition in Informal Learning Contexts 257Montserrat IglesiasPart IV International Case Studies of Informal Language Learners 27118 Hong Kong and Informal Language Learning 273Chun Lai and Boning Lyu19 An Emerging Path to English in Korea: Informal Digital Learning of English 289Ju Seong Lee20 Informal English Learning Among Moroccan Youth 303Mark Dressman21 Sweden and Informal Language Learning 319Pia Sundqvist22 Informal English Learning in France 333Meryl KusykPart V Informal Learning and Formal Contexts 34923 Translanguaging Across Contexts 351Sarah J. McCarthey, Idalia Nuñez, and Chaehyun Lee24 A Critical Review of Social Networks for Language Learning Beyond the Classroom 369Katerina Zourou25 Digital Writing in Informal Settings Among Multilingual Language Learners 383Binbin Zheng and Chin‐Hsi Lin26 Extensive Reading for Statistical Learning 395Doreen E. Ewert27 Leveraging Technology to Integrate Informal Language Learning within Classroom Settings 405Philip Hubbard28 Connecting Informal and Formal Language Learning 421Dennis Murphy OdoPart VI The Present and Future of Informal Language Learning 43929 Digital Translation: Its Potential and Limitations for Informal Language Learning 441Helen Slatyer and Sarah Forget30 Future Directions in Informal Language Learning 457Robert Godwin‐Jones31 Last Words: Naming, Framing, and Challenging the Field 471Geoffrey Sockett and Denyze ToffoliIndex 489