Gurushala

Language learning beyond the classroom

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.