Teaching and Researching Autonomy in Language Learning

Teaching and Researching Autonomy in Language Learning
Author: Phil Benson
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780582368163

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

Autonomy in Language Education

Autonomy in Language Education
Author: Manuel Jimenez Raya
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-07-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0429536925

Autonomy in Language Education offers a holistic overview of and novel contribution to a complex and multifaceted, yet under-studied, field of inquiry that is transforming language pedagogy: It offers nineteen original chapters that critically analyze the impact of Henri Holec’s seminal 1979 book Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning; unpack theoretical, empirical, conceptual, methodological, ethical, and political developments over the last forty years from many perspectives; explore practical implications for teaching, learning, and teacher education; and suggest future avenues and challenges for research and practice in this broad, diverse, essential field.

Maintaining Control

Maintaining Control
Author: Richard Pemberton
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9622099548

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.

Taking Control

Taking Control
Author: Richard Pemberton
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1996-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9622094074

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.

Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning

Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning
Author: Phil Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-11-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317862856

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.

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning

Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Language Learning
Author: Garold Murray
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847694985

In this volume researchers from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America employ a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches in their exploration of the links between identity, motivation, and autonomy in language learning. On a conceptual level the authors explore issues related to agency, metacognition, imagination, beliefs, and self. The book also addresses practice in classroom, self-access, and distance education contexts, considering topics such as teachers’ views on motivation, plurilingual learning, sustaining motivation in distance education, pop culture and gaming, study abroad, and the role of agency and identity in the motivation of pre-service teachers. The book concludes with a discussion of how an approach which sees identity, motivation, and autonomy as interrelated constructs has the potential to inform theory, practice and future research directions in the field of language teaching and learning.

Language Learner Autonomy

Language Learner Autonomy
Author: David Little
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN: 9781783098583

This book combines detailed accounts of classroom practice with empirical and case-study research and a wide-ranging engagement with applied linguistic and pedagogical theory. Points for discussion encourage readers to relate the argument of each chapter to their own context, and the book concludes with some reflections on teacher education.

Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning

Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning
Author: Phil Benson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317888081

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.

Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

Autonomy, Agency, and Identity in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language
Author: (Mark) Feng Teng
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2018-06-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9811307288

This book discusses the importance of autonomy, agency, and identity in teaching and learning English as a foreign language, all of which are central themes in the educational domain. By linking theory with practice to appeal to researchers as well as classroom practitioners, it provides an overview of the theoretical constructs of autonomy, agency, and identity along with empirical studies that explore these constructs through life stories as told by English teachers and students. Key features include: • New ideas to inspire professionals involved in foreign language education. • Up-to-date information to showcase for English language educators how autonomy, agency, and identity can be conceptualized across various institutional, sociocultural, and political contexts.• A concise yet comprehensive review of the theoretical and practical issues characterizing English foreign language education today.

Autonomy in Second Language Learning: Managing the Resources

Autonomy in Second Language Learning: Managing the Resources
Author: Mirosław Pawlak
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9783319791593

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.