Language Learner Autonomy: Theory, Practice and Research

✍ Scribed by David Little; Leni Dam; Lienhard Legenhausen

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 271
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Introduction. The Autonomy Classroom: Procedures and Principles
Part 1: The Autonomy Classroom in Practice: An Example from Lower Secondary Education
1. Using the Target Language: Spontaneity, Identity, Authenticity
2. Interaction and Collaboration: The Dialogic Construction of Knowledge
3. Letting Go and Taking Hold: Giving Control to the Learners
4. Evaluation: The Hinge on which Learner Autonomy Turns
Part 2: Language Learner Autonomy: Evidence of Success
5. Exploring Learning Outcomes: Some Research Findings
6. Language Learner Autonomy and Inclusion: Two Case Studies
Part 3: Language Learner Autonomy: Meeting Future Challenges
7. The Linguistic, Social and Educational Inclusion of Immigrants: A New Challenge for Language Learner Autonomy
8. Teacher Education for Language Learner Autonomy: Some Reflections and Proposals
Conclusion
References
Index

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