A Scrutiny of Pakistani Digital Classroom as an Extramural Language Learning Ecology

Abstract

Recent years, witnessed an intriguing shift in the interest of the learners where they are engrossed in online learning and Pakistan is not any different in this respect. Ergo, this paper scrutinizes Pakistani digital classroom as an extramural language learning ecology of the SLA learners. Sundqvist (2009) has used the metaphor of ‘Extramural English’ for all the teaching activities conducted beyond the traditional classroom walls. Hereby, the digital space described in this project is zoom classroom which creates an extramural language learning ecology for the Pakistani SLA learners. Moreover, zoom ecology scrutinized here is about the online session of English spoken class based on the span of forty days. Another novel aspect highlighted in this article is that of ‘Language Learning Beyond Classroom’ which emphasizes the importance of out of the class learning and its contribution in second language acquisition. The critical analysis of extramural digital classroom space is accomplished by applying the theory of language learning ecology (Palfreyman, 2014). The significance of this work lies in the detailed analysis of digital extramural learning space of the Pakistani learners, the contribution of language learning beyond classroom in second language acquisition and the construction of extramural language learning ecology framework for the future research on online classroom as a digital, multimodal space.