Growth of an Out-of-Class Learning Community through Autonomous Socialization at a Self-Access Centre

dc.creator	Leander S. Hughes
dc.creator	Nathan P. Krug
dc.creator	Stacey Vye
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:40Z
dc.identifier	2185-3762
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/96fc57ded5c04b4aae88f1bf1f77d617
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27771
dc.description	This study investigates the benefits of attending the Saitama University English Resource Center (ERC), a self-access center for English language learning open to all students at the university and managed by full-time faculty who alternate as center advisors. The study builds on previous research to explore how advisors promote language learning through facilitating autonomous socialization in the L2 among center attendees. This authentic social interaction not only exposes learners to patterns of discourse and other language input unavailable to learners in most institutional settings, it has also served as the means through which visiting students have formed an out-of-class learning community that now extends well beyond the center’s walls. Findings of a significant increase in center attendees and meaningful gains in the number of frequent attendees over the past year provide evidence that supports informal observations of the growth of this extraordinary L2-based community.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kanda University of International Studies
dc.relation	http://sisaljournal.org/archives/dec11/hughes_krug_vye/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2185-3762
dc.source	Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal , Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 281-291 (2011)
dc.subject	advising
dc.subject	learner autonomy
dc.subject	out-of-class learning
dc.subject	self-access center
dc.subject	socialization
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Growth of an Out-of-Class Learning Community through Autonomous Socialization at a Self-Access Centre
dc.type	article