Hybrid language learning, combining formal and
informal contexts, is nowadays common and natural. The use of various everyday
technologies offers extracurricular or extramural support for language
learning. We focused on two groups of university students, language and political science
majors, and compared informal pre-university learning contexts, the perceived importance of language skills and
attitudes towards technology-enhanced language learning with a Webropol-based
questionnaire. In their responses, the groups were very similar. They were
aware of and had benefitted from many informal learning contexts. Both groups
found knowing foreign languages very important and had generally positive
attitudes towards technology-enhanced language learning. Awareness of informal language
learning affordances can enhance the diversity of foreign languages and act as
a balancing force against possible inequality of education.

Keywords: affordances, hybrid learning, informal language
learning, language awareness

Asiasanat: tarjoumat, hybridioppiminen, informaali oppiminen,
kielitietoisuus