Connecting Extramural English with ELT: Teacher Reports from Austria, Finland, France, and Sweden

Abstract Today, we globally observe a sharp increase in learners’ engagement extramural (out-of-class) English (EE; Sundqvist 2009). This undoubtedly affords new opportunities for, but also challenges to, language teaching (ELT) and learning. To our knowledge, this study is the first to explore topic from cross-national perspective. Upper secondary teachers (N = 534) Austria, France (‘dubbing countries’), Finland, Sweden (‘subtitling countries’) answered web-based survey on their students’ EE practices estimated impact Results showed that overall use appears lower dubbing countries, especially (p < 0.001). The teachers’ effect of different areas learning was weakest ≤ .01). Further, subtitling countries agreed more strongly with statements about adapting instruction what (not) learned extramurally As growing, individual learner needs within class, such as emerging gaps motivation and/or knowledge skills, will increasingly have be catered ELT.