Research agenda : language learning beyond the classroom
Reinders, Hayo; Benson, P.
Date
2017-09-14Citation:
Reinders, H., & Benson, P. (2017). Research agenda: Language learning beyond the classroom. Language Teaching, 50(4), pp.561-578. doi:10.1017/S0261444817000192Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4171Abstract
Most language learning research is carried out either in classrooms or among classroom learners. As Richards (2015) points out, however, there are two dimensions to successful learning: what happens inside classrooms and what happens outside them. Rapid development of online media, communications technologies and opportunities for travel have also expanded the world beyond the classroom for language learners. Language learning and teaching BEYOND the classroom (LBC) is, thus, emerging as a field ripe for the development of new research agendas (Benson & Reinders 2011; Nunan & Richards 2015). We propose potentially fruitful avenues for research here under the headings of settings for learning, learning processes and teaching.