With the rise of the internet and new communication technologies, language learning has moved beyond the classroom walls. This volume presents a range of important studies on innovative ways for learning languages outside the classroom. Chapters discuss MOOCs in the UK, Belgium, China, and Italy for studying a range of languages, research on new apps, flipped classroom modes, and approaches to informal learning in a range of international settings. In these ways, the volume offers a significant contribution to our understanding of how learning beyond the language classroom will transform language education in the decades to come.
Motivation and self-determination are crucial to successful language learning (
Dörnyei, 2003; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2013). The affordances of the new
technologies and social media allow language learners to expand their learning
beyond ...
