Teenagers learning languages out of school: what, why and how do they learn? How can school help them?

Sophie Bailly (1, 2)

1 CRAPEL - Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pédagogiques en Langues
2 ATILF - Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française

This chapter explores the relationships between in-school and out-of-school learning of foreign languages that are not taught at school. It draws on a research project that was designed to explore the conditions under which high school students can succeed in independent language learning (Bailly et al 2008). First of all, I will present the project on which this research is based. Then I will present findings about the students' out-of-school language learning under the following headings: the languages the students study outside school and why, the way they learn out of class, and the difficulties they meet.

Mots clés: motivation; learning skills; independent learning; autonomy development; high school students

Mots clés: apprentissage de langues indépendant; developpement de l'autonomie; lycée

Domaines: Linguistique; Education

Sophie Bailly. Teenagers learning languages out of school: what, why and how do they learn? How can school help them?. P. Benson et H. Reinders (eds). Language Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom, Palgrave MacMillan, à préciser, 2011. ⟨hal-00520329⟩