Realizing Autonomy: Practice and Reflection in Language Education Contexts

✍ Scribed by Kay Irie, Alison Stewart (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Realizing Autonomy: Contradictions in Practice and Context....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Learner Autonomy for International Students: Evolution of a University JSL Program....Pages 18-32
Experimenting with Autonomy: Learners Teaching Learners....Pages 33-48
Introducing a Negotiated Curriculum....Pages 49-64
Creating Space for Learning: Language Learning Materials and Autonomy....Pages 65-77
Front Matter....Pages N2-N2
Learner Development Through Listening Strategy Training....Pages 78-93
Transformative Learning in Action: Insights from the Practice of Journal Writing....Pages 94-106
Scaffolding Economics Language and Learning with Case Studies....Pages 107-124
The Truth of the Tale: Reconceptualizing Authority in Content-Based Teaching....Pages 125-140
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Creating a Writing Center: Autonomy, Interdependence,and Identity....Pages 141-153
Who, What, How? Autonomy and English through Drama....Pages 154-166
Positive Interdependence for Teacher and Learner Autonomy: The Case of the CARTA Program....Pages 167-181
Parallel Blogging: Explorations in Teacher and Learner Autonomy....Pages 182-195
Front Matter....Pages N4-N4
“Nothing to Worry About”: Anxiety-reduction Strategies in Harry Potter’s Class and Mine....Pages 196-209
Responding to Video Journals: Rethinking the Role of Feedback for Learner Autonomy....Pages 210-224
Listen to Students’ Stories: Promoting Learner Autonomy through Out-of-Class Listening Activities....Pages 225-241
Practical Frustration Busters for Learner and Teacher Autonomy....Pages 242-256
Back Matter....Pages 257-272

✦ Subjects

Language Teaching; Linguistics, general; Language Education; Literature, general; Japanese; Translation Studies