Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction 1 Mark Dressman
Part I Theorizing Informal Language Learning 13
1 Motivation and Informal Language Learning 15 Alice Chik
2 Learning Languages in Informal Environments: Some Cognitive Considerations 27 Kiel Christianson and Sarah‐Elizabeth Deshaies
3 Multimodality and Language Learning 39 Mark Dressman
4 How Learning Context Shapes Heritage and Second Language Acquisition 57 Silvina Montrul
5 Informal Writing and Language Learning 75 Paul Kei Matsuda and Melika Nouri
Part II Learning in Digital Contexts 85
6 Virtual Landscapes 87 Randall William Sadler
7 Gaming and Informal Language Learning 101 Stephanie W.P. Knight, Lindsay Marean, and Julie M. Sykes
8 Self‐Paced Language Learning Using Online Platforms 117 Panagiotis Arvanitis
9 Fan Fiction and Informal Language Learning 139 Shannon Sauro
10 Vlogs, Video Publishing, and Informal Language Learning 153 Tatiana Codreanu and Christelle Combe
11 Mobile Collaboration for Language Learning and Cultural Learning 169 Agnes Kukulska‐Hulme and Helen Lee
Part III Learning Through Media and Live Contact 181
12 Video and Informal Language Learning 183 Robert Vanderplank
13 Songs and Music 203 Karen M. Ludke
14 Mobility, Media, and Multiplicity: Immigrants’ Informal Language Learning via Media 215 Kristen H. Perry and Annie M. Moses
15 Service Sector Work and Informal Language Learning 229 Hania Janta and Stefan D. Keller
16 Linguistic Landscapes and Additional Language Development 243 Jana Roos and Howard Nicholas
17 Language Tourism and Second Language Acquisition in Informal Learning Contexts 257 Montserrat Iglesias
Part IV International Case Studies of Informal Language Learners 271
18 Hong Kong and Informal Language Learning 273 Chun Lai and Boning Lyu
19 An Emerging Path to English in Korea: Informal Digital Learning of English 289 Ju Seong Lee
20 Informal English Learning Among Moroccan Youth 303 Mark Dressman
21 Sweden and Informal Language Learning 319 Pia Sundqvist
22 Informal English Learning in France 333 Meryl Kusyk
Part V Informal Learning and Formal Contexts 349
23 Translanguaging Across Contexts 351 Sarah J. McCarthey, Idalia Nuñez, and Chaehyun Lee
24 A Critical Review of Social Networks for Language Learning Beyond the Classroom 369 Katerina Zourou
25 Digital Writing in Informal Settings Among Multilingual Language Learners 383 Binbin Zheng and Chin‐Hsi Lin
26 Extensive Reading for Statistical Learning 395 Doreen E. Ewert
27 Leveraging Technology to Integrate Informal Language Learning within Classroom Settings 405 Philip Hubbard
28 Connecting Informal and Formal Language Learning 421 Dennis Murphy Odo
Part VI The Present and Future of Informal Language Learning 439
29 Digital Translation: Its Potential and Limitations for Informal Language Learning 441 Helen Slatyer and Sarah Forget
30 Future Directions in Informal Language Learning 457 Robert Godwin‐Jones
31 Last Words: Naming, Framing, and Challenging the Field 471 Geoffrey Sockett and Denyze Toffoli
Index 489