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In this paper, the three authors—a teacher and two student teachers (STs)—highlight the importance of learners’ agency in learning beyond the classroom (LBC), drawing on the STs’ LBC experiences as EFL learners in Madagascar. Through narrative accounts in the form of vignettes, the STs share their language learning histories (LLHs) beyond the classroom, identifying their purposes and drives for learning English, as well as their difficulties, strategies, and successes. The STs’ LLHs underscore the significance of interests that fed into their intrinsic motivation to continuously improve their English language skills and indicate that they were capable of creating learning opportunities and resources in a learning environment that can be considered as “under-resourced” (Smith et al., 2018, p. 8). The implications drawn from the LLHs include the idea of integrating into the classroom learners’ interests and strategies beyond the classroom to boost their motivation and the relevance of using LLHs in teacher education to help STs reflect on their learning experiences and existing knowledge about learning, as well as understand the importance of considering and responding to students’ genuine needs and interests. This paper breaks new ground in exploring LBC and LLHs in that two of the authors are current students identifying themselves as both EFL learners and future EFL teachers in a Malagasy context. It also sheds light on how to promote LBC in a context where resources can be seen as scarce. 本論文では、教師と2人の学生教師(ST)からなる3人の著者が、マダガスカルにおけるEFL学習者としてのSTの教室を超えた学習 (LBC)経験をもとにLBCでの学習者のエージェンシーの重要性を強調する。STは、教室外での言語学習の歴史(LLH)をヴィネット形式の物語で語り、英語を学ぶ目的や動機、困難、戦略、成功などを明らかにする。彼らのLLHは、英語を継続的に向上させるための内 発的動機につながる興味の重要性を強調し、「リソース不足」(Smith et al., 2018, p. 8)とされる学習環境において学習機会やリソ ースを作り出す能力があることを示している。LLHから、学習者のモチベーションを高めるために、教室を超えた学習者の興味や戦略 を教室に取り入れるという考え方や、教師教育におけるLLHの活用の妥当性などが示唆された。本研究は、マダガスカル語の文脈の 中でEFL学習者と将来のEFL教師を目指す学生が共同執筆しているという点で、非常に独自性の高いものである。この論文は、マダガ スカルにおけるEFL学習者と将来のEFL教師である在校生の共著であり、彼ら自身の言葉によって、その声を直接的に伝える。また本 稿では、資源が乏しいとされる状況において、LBCをどのように推進するかについても光を当てている。