The rationale and methodology of a polycentric survey

This chapter is part of the book “In Contact with English. Informal Media-driven Learning among Italian University Students”, the first large-scale study in Italy to investigate university students’ media-related/digitally-induced use and learning of English in out-of-class contexts. The chapter outlines the research methodology adopted for the investigation, describing the participant sample as well as the design of the questionnaire and the lexical test administered to the students.