This publication draws chiefly on two learning paradigms: technology-enhanced learning (TELL) and informal language learning. It overthrows the hegemony of formalized learning and hails informal learning as a patent part of humankind, while also focusing on informal learning under the aegis of digital technologies. It accounts for the implications of shortening the distance between formal and informal learning of English as a second language (L2). In fact, using ICT in formal language learning is no novelty as it has been in use since the inception of early CALL in the 1960s – the period during which technologies were employed in systematic and planned ways to facilitate learning mechanism in formal education. Later on, advances in digital ICTs gave way to new learning settings, opportunities, strategies,
and inducement. Advances in learning and teaching paradigms and technological innovations reciprocally allowed social and collaborative learning in face-to-face settings as well as in non-administered situations, largely in virtual spaces. This book is centered on this latter learning mode. It rests on the merits of informal language learning and it minimizes the hoopla that surrounds classroom learning. It builds–through digital technology– a bridge between formal and informal learning. The mission of the book is to support a balanced and flexible learning environment in lieu of the long-established formal education confinements.
Author(s): Rashad Ahmed, Abdu Al-kadi, Trenton Hagar
Series: Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies (ALCS) Book Series
Publisher: IGI Global
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 230
Tags: Technology, ICT, language learning
Foreword............................................................................................ ix
Preface..............................................................................................xii
Acknowledgment...................................................................................... xxi
Introduction.........................................................................................xxii
Section 1
Chapter 1
Informal language Practices via Digital Technology: The Neglected Proficiency.1
Abdu M.Talib Al-kadi, Ibb University, Yemen
Chapter 2
A Guide for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Informal Settings:
Pedagogical and Design Perspectives...................................................................24
Emine Şendurur, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Chapter 3
Impediments to Gauging ICT-Based Informal English Learning Outcomes.......54
Taha Ahmed Hezam, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
Section 2
Chapter 4
Learner-Initiated Language Learning Through Social Media Sites (SMSs)........69
Rashad Ali
Chapter 1
Informal language Practices via Digital Technology: The Neglected Proficiency.1
Abdu M.Talib Al-kadi, Ibb University, Yemen
Chapter 2
A Guide for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Informal Settings:
Pedagogical and Design Perspectives...................................................................24
Emine Şendurur, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey
Chapter 3
Impediments to Gauging ICT-Based Informal English Learning Outcomes.......54
Taha Ahmed Hezam, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
Section 2
Chapter 4
Learner-Initiated Language Learning Through Social Media Sites (SMSs)........69
Rashad Ali Ahmed, Miami University, USA
Chapter 5
Adult Language Learners’ Informal Employment of ICT Applications and
Websites to Assess Their English Skills...............................................................89
Ferit Kılıçkaya, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
Chapter 6
An Investigation into EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Out-of-Class Self-
Regulated Learning Experiences weith ICT.......................................................112
Saadet Korucu-Kis, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey
Chapter 7
EFL Learning Beyond the Wall with MALL: College Students’ Perceptions....138
Mohialdeen Alotumi, Sana’a University, Yemen
Chapter 8
Formalizing Informal CALL in Learning English Language Skills...................161
Norizan Abdul Razak, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Amr Abdullatif Yassin, Ibb University, Yemen
Tg Nor Rizan Tg Mohamad Maasum, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Malaysia
Related Readings............................................................................................... 183
About the Contributors.................................................................................... 197
Index................................................................................................................... 200
