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 …

There has been a remarkable growth of interest in the theory and practice of autonomy in
language teaching and learning in recent years. Focusing on work published since the turn …

Learner autonomy has been a key theme in the field of foreign language learning for over 30
years. Only limited space in the extensive literature available, though, has been awarded to …

Learner autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language education.
However, it is the most difficult question to define learner autonomy and any answer to it is …

The concept of “learner autonomy” first entered the field of language education through the
Council of Europe's Modern Languages Project established in 1971. Holec's (1981) project …

In higher education teaching, enhancing learner autonomy has become a key concern for
curriculum planners and classroom teachers. The significant body of research about learner …

Unlike success in first language acquisition, success in learning a second or foreign
language is considerably more variable. Recently, second language acquisition researchers …

There is a wide body of research that shows how vitally important teachers are to successful
learning processes. What they do, think, feel and believe are central to what happens in their …

Teacher-learner autonomy, by analogy with previous definitions of language learner
autonomy, might be defined as the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and …

To me autonomy is about people taking more control over their lives-individually and
collectively. Autonomy in learning is about people taking more control over their learning in …