Autonomy In Second Language Learning Managing The Resources

Author : Mirosław Pawlak,Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak,Jakub Bielak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319077642

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Autonomy in Second Language Learning: Managing the Resources by Mirosław Pawlak,Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak,Jakub Bielak Pdf

The present volume brings together papers devoted to the role of learner and teacher autonomy in the process of second and foreign language learning, which have been contributed by scholars from Poland and abroad. The book has been divided into three parts in accordance with the topics that the individual contributions touch upon. The first part includes papers dealing with different ways in which learner autonomy can be fostered and evaluated. The papers contained in Part Two are connected with the role of language learning strategies in the development of learner independence. Finally, Chapter Three focuses on developing teacher autonomy, which, in the opinion of many specialists, is indispensable if learner autonomy is to be promoted. Thanks to its wide-ranging focus, this edited collection will be of interest not only to second language learning specialists interested in the role of learner autonomy, but also to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students working on their BA, MA and PhD theses, as well as practitioners wishing to promote learner independence in their classrooms.

Author : Alice Chik,Naoko Aoki,Richard Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137529985

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Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching by Alice Chik,Naoko Aoki,Richard Smith Pdf

This book seeks to expand the research agendas on autonomy in language learning and teaching in diverse contexts, by examining the present landscape of established studies, identifying research gaps and providing practical future research directions. Based on empirical studies, it explores research agendas in five emerging domains: language learning and teaching in developing countries; social censure and teacher autonomy; learner autonomy and groups; learner autonomy and digital practice; and finally, learner autonomy and space. In doing so, it sheds new light on the impact of digital media, group dynamics and the application of ecological perspectives on learner autonomy. The contributors present a novel reconsideration of new learning affordances, and their discussion of spatial dimensions provides much needed expansion in the field. This book will have international appeal and provide an invaluable resource for students and scholars of second language learning and higher education, as well as teacher educators. Chapter 2 of this book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2F978-1-137-52998-5_2.pdf.

Author : Phil Benson,William Grabe,Fredricka L. Stoller
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 0582368162

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Teaching and Researching Autonomy in Language Learning by Phil Benson,William Grabe,Fredricka L. Stoller Pdf

This text defines autonomy in language learning, how it is implemented and how research and independence/autonomy can inform each other.

Author : Phil Benson,Peter Voller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317888086

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Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning by Phil Benson,Peter Voller Pdf

The topics of autonomy and independence play an increasingly important role in language education. They raise issues such as learners' responsibility for their own learning, and their right to determine the direction of their own learning, the skills which can be learned and applied in self-directed learning and capacity for independent learning and the extents to which this can be suppressed by institutional education. This volume offers new insights into the principles of autonomy and independence and the practices associated with them focusing on the area of EFL teaching. The editors' introduction provides the context and outlines the main issues involved in autonomy and independence. Later chapters discuss the social and political implications of autonomy and independence and their effects on educational structures. The consequences for the design of learner-centred materials and methods is discussed, together with an exploration of the practical ways of implementing autonomy and independence in language teaching and learning . Each section of the book opens with an introduction to give structure to the development of ideas and themes, with synopses to highlight salient features in the text and help build upon the material of previous chapters.

Author : Richard Pemberton,Edward S.L. Li,Winnie W.F. Or,Herbert D. Pierson
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789622094079

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Taking Control by Richard Pemberton,Edward S.L. Li,Winnie W.F. Or,Herbert D. Pierson Pdf

TAKING CONTROL: Autonomy in Language Learning focuses on an area of language learning and teaching that is currently receiving an increasing amount of attention. The book, featuring 18 chapters from key figures around the world in the field of autonomous and self-access language learning, provides insightful coverage of the theoretical issues involved, and represents a significant contribution to research in this area. At the same time, it provides a variety of examples of current practice, in classrooms and self-access centres, at secondary and tertiary levels, and in a number of different cultural contexts. This volume is a timely publication which will be of interest to all those concerned with learner autonomy and self-directed language learning.

Author : Chun Lai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474240437

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Autonomous Language Learning with Technology by Chun Lai Pdf

This book looks beyond the classroom, and focuses on out-of-class autonomous use of technology for language learning, discussing the theoretical frameworks, key findings and critical issues. The proliferation of digital language learning resources and tools is forcing language education into an era of unprecedented change. The book will stimulate discussions on how to support language learners to construct quality autonomous technology-mediated out-of-class learning experience outside the classroom and raise greater awareness of and research interest in this field. Out-of-class learning constitutes an important context for human development, and active engagement in out-of-class activities is associated with successful language development. With convenient access to expanded resources, venues and learning spaces, today's learners are not as dependent on in-class learning as they used to be. Thus, a deeper understanding of the terrain of out-of-class learning is of increasing significance in the current educational era. Technology is part and parcel of out-of-class language learning, and has been a primary source that learners actively use to construct language learning experience beyond the classroom. Language learners of all ages around the world have been found to actively utilize technological resources to support their language learning beyond formal language learning contexts. Insights into learners' out-of-class autonomous use of technology for language learning are essential to our understanding of out-of-class learning and inform educators on how language learners could be better supported to maximize the educational potentials of technology to construct quality out-of-class learning experience.

Author : Richard Pemberton,Sarah Toogood,Andy Barfield
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789622099548

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Maintaining Control by Richard Pemberton,Sarah Toogood,Andy Barfield Pdf

This work explores how to make sense of autonomy in language learning. It also looks at controlling learning, learner autonomy in a mainstream writing course, reflective lesson planning, autonomy and control in curriculum development, and much more.

Author : Phil Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317862857

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Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning by Phil Benson Pdf

Autonomy has become a keyword of language policy in education systems around the world, as the importance of independent learning and new technologies has grown. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, Teaching and Researching Autonomy provides an accessible and comprehensive critical account of the theory and practice of autonomy. Examining the history of the concept, it addresses important questions of how we can identify autonomy in language learning behaviours and how we can evaluate the wide variety of educational practices that have been designed to foster autonomy in learning. Topics new to this edition include: - Autonomy and new technologies - Teacher autonomy - The sociocultural implications of autonomy With over three hundred new references and five new case studies of research on autonomy providing practical advice on research methods and topics in the field, Teaching and Researching Autonomy will be an essential introduction for teachers and students to a subject at the cutting edge of language teaching and research.

Author : Sara Cotterall
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112046771397

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Learner Autonomy in Language Learning by Sara Cotterall Pdf

This book is a collection of papers that explores the notion of learner autonomy and the problem of helping language learners to manage their learning effectively. The first part of the book deals with issues of definition: what is the cognitive base for autonomous learning behaviour and how is this mediated by social and cultural expectations of a learner's role? The second part reports on experiences of working with learners and with teachers to promote learner autonomy. In working with learners, the focus is on language learning strategies and how strategic learning might be developed through strategy training, materials design, reflection and counselling. In working with teachers, the focus is on bringing about change in traditional perspectives on the roles of learners and teachers within education systems.

Author : Henri Holec
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032639028

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Autonomy and Foreign Language Learning by Henri Holec Pdf

Author : Miranda Hamilton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441189806

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Autonomy and Foreign Language Learning in a Virtual Learning Environment by Miranda Hamilton Pdf

Digitalised learning with its promise of autonomy, enhanced learner choice, independence and freedom, is an intuitive and appealing construct but closer examination reveals it to be a rather simplistic proposition, raising the following questions. -What do we mean by autonomy? -What are we implying about the role of the teacher, the classroom, and interaction between learners? -What do we understand about the impact of technology on the ecology of the learning environment? This book describes the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by a group of advanced English language learners in Mexico, comparing what students thought and what they did in response to the technology. The theoretical aim of the book is to work towards the construction of a theory of the development of autonomy and virtual learning in an EFL context. Enhanced understanding about the relationship between autonomy and technology has the potential to inform academics, software designers, materials writers, teacher educators, and teachers and to help learners in their quest to acquire a foreign language.

Author : Manuel Jiménez Raya,Flávia Vieira
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501501081

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Enhancing Autonomy in Language Education by Manuel Jiménez Raya,Flávia Vieira Pdf

The book explores the idea that pedagogy for autonomy requires the integration of teacher and learner development and can be enhanced through a case-based approach in teacher education. A case-based approach values experiential professional learning and expands professional competences necessary to promote autonomy in schools: developing a critical view of (language) education; managing local constraints so as to open up spaces for manoeuvre; centring teaching on learning; interacting with others in the professional community. Two strategies to implement the approach are presented and illustrated. The first one involves teachers in designing, implementing and evaluating experiences of pedagogy for autonomy, which are the basis for writing professional narratives and building a case portfolio. The second draws on teachers’ pedagogical experience as the basis for the construction of case materials where experiential elements are combined with theoretical input and reflective tasks, so that the teachers who use those materials can reflect about and explore their own practice.

Author : Jo Mynard,Scott J. Shelton-Strong
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781788929066

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Autonomy Support Beyond the Language Learning Classroom by Jo Mynard,Scott J. Shelton-Strong Pdf

Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language learning can be supported and understood within environments outside of the classroom. Theoretical, empirical and practice-focused chapters examine autonomy support in a range of contexts and settings, dealing with learning environments and open spaces, communities and relationships, and advising and self-access language learning. They reveal what occurs beyond the classroom, how socializing agents support autonomous motivation and wellness, and how SDT can enhance our understanding of supporting language learner autonomy. It will be of interest to language teachers, university lecturers and learning advisors who are providing support outside the classroom, as well as to graduate students and researchers who are working in the fields of applied linguistics and TESOL.

Author : G. Murray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137290243

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Social Dimensions of Autonomy in Language Learning by G. Murray Pdf

This book examines how autonomy in language learning is fostered and constrained in social settings through interaction with others and various contextual features. With theoretical grounding, the authors discuss the implications for practice in classrooms, distance education, self-access centres, as well as virtual and social learning spaces.

Author : D. Palfreyman,R. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230504684

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Learner Autonomy Across Cultures by D. Palfreyman,R. Smith Pdf

What does 'autonomy' mean within language learning? Should it be enhanced within national, institutional or small group culture and, if so, how can that be done? A variety of new theoretical perspectives are here firmly anchored in research data from projects worldwide. By foregrounding cultural issues and thus explicitly addressing the concerns of many educators on the appropriateness and feasibility of developing learner autonomy in practice, this book fills a gap in the literature and offers practical benefits to language teachers.