Activities which train strategies and equip LS to be active
Training cognitive strategies:
aim to increase STS´ knowledge of useful ways to learn and develop the strategies they need. These activities will replace the techniques which LS previously expected to come from the TS. E.g.: Instead of expecting the T to explain the meanings of new words, STS can be trained to go through a series of techniques such as using clues in the text to guess meaning, using knowledge of affixation, and checking...
What insights can we gain from educational thinking on autonomous learning?
Another idea about learner autonomy in ELT circles has been educational thinking, where the concept of self-determination has been the focus of debate for many years. "Self-determination" suggests that the individual L can reflect, make choices, and arrive at personally constructed decisions. Barrow and Woods describe it as involving the ·notion of thinking in the sense of reflecting, calculating, memorizing, predicting,...
Characteris SELF-DIRECTED L:
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