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Technology and Connected Language Learning Across Time and Space

Expected online publication date:  08 June 2026

Chun Lai
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong

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Language is integral to human doing, being, becoming and belonging, and its acquisition is naturally distributed in and across activity spaces over time. Different learning experiences form 'a dialectical unity', where one brings the others into existence, and the capacities fostered in one inform and transform those in the others. Thus, connected learning across time and space is fundamental to the coherence, relevance, and meaningfulness of language learning, yet is not given sufficient attention in second language education. Connected learning is particularly relevant in the GenAI era where learner-driven lifelong and lifewide learning is much emphasized. This Element hence conceptualizes the framework of connected language learning with technology, and discusses how the framework could be operationalized and implemented in teaching and learning. It further foregrounds four concepts in this learning framework – agential literacy, interest development, self-regulation support, and identity intervention – and charts out an agenda for research.

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Online ISBN: 9781009657853
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Technology and Connected Language Learning Across Time and Space
  • Chun Lai, The University of Hong Kong
  • Online ISBN: 9781009657853
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Technology and Connected Language Learning Across Time and Space
  • Chun Lai, The University of Hong Kong
  • Online ISBN: 9781009657853
Available formats No formats are currently available for this content.
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