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Last Updated: 12/04/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
İNÖ426 - Language Learning Beyond the Classroom VIII. SEMESTER 3 +0 5.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ ELA AKGÜN ÖZBEK
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites None
Courses Recomended None
Recommended Resources Benson, P. (2011). Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning (2nd ed.). Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315833767 ; Benson, P. (2011). Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom: An Introduction to the Field. In: Benson, P., Reinders, H. (eds) Beyond the Language Classroom. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306790_2 ; Benson, P. (2016) Language Learning Beyond the Classroom, ELT Journal, 70(1), 110–113, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccv061; Chong, S. W., & Reinders, H. (2025). Autonomy of English language learners: A scoping review of research and practice. Language Teaching Research, 29(2), 607-632; Little, D. (2022). Language learner autonomy: Rethinking language teaching. Language Teaching, 55(1), 64-73.; Liu, G., & Ma, C. (2024). Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 18(2), 125-138.Nunan, D., & Richards, J. C. (Eds.). (2015). Language learning beyond the classroom. Routledge.; Reinders, H., Lai, C., & Sundqvist, P. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge handbook of language learning and teaching beyond the classroom. Routledge.;
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Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction to Language Learning Beyond the Classroom
Week - 2 Formal, Non-formal, and Informal Learning
Week - 3 Lifelong Language Learning
Week - 4 Learner Autonomy
Week - 5 Learning Ecologies
Week - 6 Personal Learning Environments
Week - 7 Informal Learning and Media
Week - 8 Midterm Reflection
Week - 9 Non-formal Learning Environments (courses, clubs, workshops)
Week - 10 Online Language Learning Communities
Week - 11 Extramural English
Week - 12 Designing Out-of-Class Language Learning
Week - 13 Student Projects
Week - 14 Course Synthesis and Evaluation

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