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EXTRAMURAL ENGLISH ACTIVITIES AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNER DIFFERENCES
The present research, and thus this book, was ultimately inspired by my
own example. I was able to expand both my English vocabulary and my desire
to keep learning the language so that I could understand and keep diving deeper
into the video games that I so enthusiastically played. Video games and other
online leisure activities in English have a great potential to help others learn
the language, too. In my own teaching experience, I have also found that the
EFL learners who are more successful in the long term are those who regularly
engage in different leisure time activities in English and have a “real” connection
with the (authentic) language. We, EFL teachers, probably agree that no one
has ever learned English solely from a coursebook. I hope that the present
research can bring about a change of attitude in English as a Foreign Language
learning and teaching in different educational contexts.
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