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Table 8. The main emerging themes in Study One
Number of
Theme Description of the theme participants
mentioning
the theme
Strategies used when What learning strategies are employed by stu- 12
studying English at dents to do their homework and prepare for EFL
home or preparing for | lessons at school and how they prepare for quiz¬
EFL lessons zes and tests
Traveling abroad and The situations in which students are required 12
using English to use the English language abroad (e.g., order¬
ing food in a restaurant abroad)
Watching television, The English-language television shows, movies 12
movies and series in and series students watch in their leisure time
English
Watching videos in En- | The English-language videos students watch on 12
glish different video sharing websites (e.g., YouTube),
excluding TV shows, movies and series
Listening to music in The English-language songs students listen to 12
English
Reading blogs in English| The English-language blogs students read
Reading text-based tra- | The English-language text-based traditional
ditional media in En- media (books, novels, short stories, magazines,
glish etc.) students read
Reading and checking _| The English-language news students read on the 7
news in English Internet
Using social media in The English-language social media consumption 12
English habits of students, excluding videos (even those
on social media websites, such as Instagram)
Playing video games in_ | The English-language video games students play 5
English and the intercultural communication taking
place in English when engaging in online video
games
Exposure to native Engaging in everyday conversations with people 10
speakers of English or | whose L1 or L2 is English (e.g., tourists asking
speakers with different | for directions, friends or acquaintances whose
Lis than that of the Lis are different from Hungarian)
participants
Communicating in En- | Doing sports and using English as a lingua fran- 1
glish while doing sports | ca for intercultural communication; this may
be common for students who are professional
or semi-professional sportspeople
Using English at school | Using English as a means to gather information 4
in classes other than
EFL
about a topic
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