The Answer is Autonomy: Issues in Language Teaching and Learning

by Anja Burkert, Leni Dam, Christian Ludwig

Overview

This volume is the result of the two-day conference on language learner autonomy, “The answer is autonomy: issues in language teaching and learning”, which was held in Graz, Austria in June 2012. Through its 19 chapters including a foreword by Ema Ushioda, the book explores themes such as the role of technology in autonomous learning environments; language learner autonomy and its demands on the teacher; language learner autonomy and the power of beliefs; new perspectives on (peer) evaluation and assessment, and the role of the institution in everyday classroom practice.

Since its original release, this volume has been considered to have made a notable contribution to the field of learner autonomy. Although undoubtedly there have been many changes in circumstances, ideas, and programmes since the original publication of this book in 2013, it has been republished it ‘intact’ in order to offer a true account of the field at the time of the Graz event.

The conference was jointly organised by the IATEFL Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group (LASIG) and treffpunkt sprachen - Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics located at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria. The four plenary sessions were delivered by internationally-acclaimed researchers and practitioners in the field of language learner autonomy: David Little, Trinity College, Dublin; Leni Dam, LASIG Coordinator, Denmark; Lienhard Legenhausen, University of Münster, Germany and Ema Ushioda, University of Warwick, UK.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163303052
Publisher:	Candlin & Mynard ePublishing Limited
Publication date:	03/20/2019
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Anja Burkert is a teacher of English (and French) at the University of Graz, Austria. She holds a Ph.D. in language teaching methodology and is especially interested in the teaching of English as an academic language and the promotion of learner autonomy among her students. She obtained a teaching award from her university in 2010. Anja has been on the IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG committee since 2008.

Leni Dam, former coordinator of the IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG, was a teacher in a Danish comprehensive school for 40 years developing language learner autonomy in her English classes. At the same time, she was an in-service teacher trainer and school developer at University College for Copenhagen and North Zealand. She has published widely, two examples of which are Learner Autonomy: From Theory to Practice, 1995, and Language learner Autonomy: Theory, Practice, and Research, 2017, together with David Little and Lienhard Legenhausen. She is now freelance, running courses and workshops, and giving talks on issues connected to language learner autonomy.

Christian Ludwig is currently Professor of ELT at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His teaching and research interests include enhancing learner autonomy in the EFL classroom as well as computer-assisted language learning. His main focus of research lies in the reconstruction of gender and other identities in contemporary young adult dystopias and South African literature. Since 2015 he has been the coordinator of the IATEFL Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group and external consultant for Cornelsen Publishing. He has been visiting scholar at, among others, universities in South Africa, Japan, and Belgium.