Dynamics of a Social Language Learning Community
Beliefs, Membership and Identity
Jo Mynard, Michael Burke, Daniel Hooper, Bethan Kushida, Phoebe Lyon, Ross Sampson & Phillip Taw
Dynamics of a Social Language Learning Community
Beliefs, Membership and Identity
Jo Mynard, Michael Burke, Daniel Hooper, Bethan Kushida, Phoebe Lyon, Ross Sampson & Phillip Taw
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This book presents an in-depth look at a social language learning space within a university context. Drawing on the literature from identity in second language learning, communities of practice and learner beliefs, it demonstrates how psychological phenomena shape a space and how a learning space can contribute to a wider learning ecology.
It is refreshing to see a book on language learners and their experiences that actually takes the learners’ voices as the starting point. This book gives fascinating insights into the psychological realities of the language learning journey and provides us with important directions for future practice and research.
A compelling example of spaces transformed into places for learning through the interaction of individuals whose complex identities shape their choices and actions. This is an invaluable resource for educators, administrators and researchers committed to creating and exploring innovative environments that support classroom practice by fostering out-of-class learning.
This book goes beyond a collection of research papers related to self-access or self-directed learning spaces – it will be a useful guide for those interested in enhancing or transforming their learning spaces into a social learning community. It provides the reader with a complete and comprehensive presentation of social learning spaces dynamics and the diversity of phenomena that emerge within these environments.
The authors are all researchers working at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan. The research team is led by Jo Mynard, Professor and Director of the Self Access Learning Center. The co-authors, Michael Burke, Daniel Hooper, Bethan Kushida, Phoebe Lyon, Ross Sampson and Phillip Taw, are all lecturers within the English Language Institute at the university.