This paper documents the socialization process of beginner-level Japanese university students into an on-campus English lounge over a year. Although initially feeling highly stressed, ten out of 37 students successfully continued their bi-weekly visits to the English lounge over a full academic year by going there as a small group of three to four students. Although the visits were originally encouraged as part of their elective homework, two of them made frequent visits to the lounge beyond the homework requirement. The reflective journals which these ten students wrote after each visit provided an emic view of their socialization processes into the English lounge. The author conducted an inductive thematic analysis of these data. Among multiple findings, the most salient was that aspects of group dynamics served to increase their resilience, or their capacity to adapt under adversity, during their socialization processes. These findings may provide insights for those language instructors and self-access language learning center staff who are in the position to facilitate students to learn in such a second language (L2) use environment, as well as learners themselves who are struggling in such a learning environment.

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二语社会化过程中的群体动力和弹性：日本大学生访问英语休息室的纵向案例研究

本文记录了一年多来初级日本大学生进入校园英语休息室的社交过程。虽然最初感到压力很大，但 37 名学生中有 10 名成功地在整个学年继续他们的双周访问英语休息室，作为一个三到四名学生的小组去那里。尽管最初鼓励将访问作为他们选修作业的一部分，但其中两人经常访问休息室，超出了家庭作业的要求。这十名学生在每次访问后所写的反思性日记都提供了他们在英语休息室中社交过程的主见。作者对这些数据进行了归纳专题分析。在多项发现中，最突出的是群体动力的各个方面有助于提高他们的复原力，或他们在社会化过程中适应逆境的能力。这些发现可以为那些能够帮助学生在这种第二语言 (L2) 使用环境中学习的语言教师和自助语言学习中心的工作人员，以及在这种学习中苦苦挣扎的学习者自己提供见解环境。