"This book presents a study of literacy practices and language use of students of Japanese outside of the classroom, both in class-related and voluntary activities. It discusses how values, motivations and types of activities differ between the two contexts and concludes that slight changes to teaching practices may enhance autonomous learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Out-of-class literacy and language learning from sociocultural perspectives -- Types of literacy activities performed outside of the classroom -- Class-related literacy practices outside the classroom -- Non-class-related literacy practices -- Language-related mediation in L2 literacy practices -- L2 literacy practices and language learning in out-of-class contexts.