Overview
- Expands the research agendas on autonomy in language learning and teaching
- Examines the concept of autonomy in developing countries and under-resourced learning and teaching contexts
- Explores the impact of digital spaces on group interaction
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
Chapter 2 of this book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2F978-1-137-52998-5_2.pdf.
Reviews
“For anyone with an interest in learner autonomy, this book provides a concise summary of recent research, with several specific suggestions for future research directions.” (Peter Beech, IATEFL Voices, Issue 266, January – February, 2019)
“Chik, Aoki, and Smith’s Autonomy in Language Learning is indeed an enriching read for anyone seeking to update and diversify their understanding of the concept of autonomy in the field of language and culture learning.” (Cercles, cercles.com, October, 2018)
“This book will inspire new research interest in autonomy in language learning and teaching. It illustrates and articulates a diverse set of empirical agendas across different domains and contexts. These will shape new and exciting strands of research that will contribute to enriching this important field of inquiry.” (Ema Ushioda, University of Warwick, UK)“This book performs two very useful functions, exploring the concept of learner autonomy across a variety of learning contexts and sketching a possible research agenda for each. It is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced researchers alike. Postgraduate students with an interest in learner autonomy and a dissertation to write will find that it offers essential orientation and a wealth of possible topics.” (David Little, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Naoko Aoki is Professor of the Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University, Japan, where she teaches Japanese as a second language pedagogy. She is a founding co-coordinator of JALT’s Learner Development SIG and was a co-convenor of AILA’s Learner Autonomy Research Network from 2011 to 2014. Her publications include Mapping the terrain of learner autonomy (2009), co-edited with Felicity Kjisik, Peter Voller and Yoshiyuki Nakata.
Richard Smith is a Reader and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, UK. He co-founded the JALT Learner Development SIGin 1994. His publications include Learner Autonomy across Cultures (co-edited with David Palfreyman, 2003), as well as chapters and articles on teacher-learner autonomy, pedagogy of autonomy as appropriate methodology, and the relationship of teacher-research and teacher autonomy. Recently he has been focusing on work with teachers in developing countries in this latter area as academic coordinator for teacher-research mentoring schemes in Latin America and India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching
Book Subtitle: New Research Agendas
Editors: Alice Chik, Naoko Aoki, Richard Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52998-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52997-8Published: 12 January 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52998-5Published: 07 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 116
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Language Teaching