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ELT Journal Advance Access published online on March 5, 2008
ELT Journal, doi:10.1093/elt/ccn013
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

The ‘English corner’ as an out-of-class learning activity

Xuesong Gao

Xuesong (Andy) Gao did his master's studies at CELTE, University of Warwick (UK) and the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Catholic University Leuven (Belgium). He joined the English Department, Hong Kong Institute of Education in January 2008 after finishing his doctoral research at English Centre, the University of Hong Kong. He mainly publishes on language learning strategy and teacher education

Email: andygohteacher{at}hotmail.com/ xsgao{at}ied.edu.hk


  Abstract

This paper analyses the comments of a group of learners on their participation in an English corner on the Chinese mainland. It highlights that the particular ‘English corner’ concerned in this study has become a social community where the participants could find supportive peers and self-assertion opportunities. The learners’ participation in the community enhanced their autonomous learning and fostered subtle changes in their self-identities. The learning of English in the community echoes what constitutes a humanistic view of learning. The study invites language teachers to consider how such out-of-class learning activities can be integrated into our pedagogic practices.

Final revised version received September 2007


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