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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. + 12 +
