Open AccessFostering Learner Autonomy in an ESL Classroom
Author(s) -
Victoria Chan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
tesl canada journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8917
pISSN - 0826-435X
DOI - 10.18806/tesl.v18i1.901
Subject(s) - learner autonomy , autonomy , pedagogy , context (archaeology) , psychology , action research , mathematics education , action (physics) , language education , comprehension approach , political science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , law , biology
This article reports on an action research project on ways and means of promoting learner autonomy in an ESL classroom. It focuses on the implementation of an autonomy-based English program with a group of first-year university students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The context and objective of this autonomy-based program are presented, classroom procedures and group learning tasks are described, and suggestions are provided for teachers to adapt these procedures and tasks to suit the needs of their particular students.