ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author examines what happened when three young adults decided to take learning a foreign language as serious leisure and how they defined and crafted spaces to sustain the pursuit. The vast majority of research studies on second or foreign language learning around the world have focused on English in the public education sector, especially in classroom contexts. The blog entries suggested that learning a foreign language as an adult had to be fitted into other daily routines and demands. When learners were given the autonomy to decide on their foreign language learning, they seemingly decided to go back to the classroom. In order to learn a foreign language autonomously, creativity is required for imagining virtual spaces for learning. Adding to the examination of the environmental and individual dimensions of creativity, M. Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates that being situated within a community of creative individuals could enhance creativity.
