The Development of Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in L2 Written Production through Informal Participation in Online Activities

Research into the online informal learning of English (OILE) examines how non-native speakers of English may develop L2 skills through participation in leisure activities on the Internet in the target language. Such activities include, e.g., watching television series, films or videos, interacting on Facebook, reading articles or listening to music. Recent OILE studies have focused on students at French universities and have sought to both inventory language users’ online participation habits and track their L2 development (Kusyk & Sockett, 2012; Sockett, 2011; Sockett, 2014; Toffoli & Sockett, 2015;