AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING by Phil Benson, Peter Voller ( 9780582289925 )

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AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

By:

Phil Benson, Peter Voller

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0582289920

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

19 November, 1996

Series:

Applied Linguistics and Language Study

Pages:

288

Description:

This volume examines the principles and practices involved in learner independence and autonomy in foreign language learning, particularly EFL.

Synopsis:

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.

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black & white illustrations

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Longman

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