摘要：This paper argues for an environmental view of the relationship between self-access, theclassroom and out-of-class learning. The self-access centre (SAC) developed as an alternativeor complement to the classroom at a time when classroom instruction was considered thenorm for language learning. In the light of increased opportunities for out-of-class languagelearning and questioning of the importance of classroom instruction to achieving high levelsof proficiency, a holistic view of the in-class and out-of-class spaces in which languages arelearned is now needed. The idea that languages are learned in ‘language learningenvironments’, in which the self-access centres are potentially one of many ‘settings’ forindividuals’ language learning, is proposed as a framework for discussing issues of selfaccessplanning and management.
