Social Spaces for Language Learning

Introduction
1. Exploring a Social Space for Language Learning; Garold Murray and Naomi Fujishima
PART I: ADMINISTRATORS' PERSPECTIVES
2. Creating the L-café: An Administrator's Standpoint; Makoto Tahara
3. Five Years at the L-café: The Secret of Its Success; Mariko Uzuka
4. Management of L-café; Masumi Fujimoto
PART II: TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES
5. What I Learned From Working at the L-Café; Bob Lamitie
6. Writing Tutorials at the L-café; Masumi Igarashi
7. Providing Study Abroad Advice as a Viable Use of Social Learning Spaces; Thomas Fast
8. Optimizing Affordances: Developing a 'Digital Habitat' for the L-café; Claire Uchida
PART III: STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES
9. The Door to the L-café, the Door to the World; Naoko Nakamoto
10. My Life in the L-café from Different Angles; Kanako Miyake
11. L-café: The International Home; Kelly Ho
12. Defining Experience through the L-café; Daniel Tangonan
13. The Dark Side of L-café; Yosuke Hino
14. My Critical Thoughts on English-Café and the L-Café; Saburo Fukuba
15. How I Got Involved with the L-café; Yu Miura
16. Fulfilling Time at the L-café; Yuya Tanimoto
17. L-café: The Source of My Motivation to Study English; Kazunori Kuwada
18. Understanding Social Spaces for Language Learning; Garold Murray and Naomi Fujishima

Garold Murray is an associate professor in the Language Education Center at Okayama University, Japan. He has published widely on the subject of autonomy in language learning and is currently pursuing research interests in social learning spaces, the semiotics of place, and imagination in language learning.

Naomi Fujishima is a professor in the Language Education Center at Okayama University, Japan. Her interest in learner autonomy and student motivation stems from her years of teaching in Japan and the US. She has been actively involved in the Japan Association for Language Teaching for the past 25 years.