Building Autonomous Learners in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom

DOI

10.2991/icems-17.2018.44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Autonomy

Abstract

The concept of learner autonomy has been widely discussed in the area of second language acquisition (SLA). Learner autonomy is the ability of the learners to take responsibility for their own learning. It is believed that this concept allows the learners to be more active and become effective language learners. However, more questions have arisen on how to implement this concept among learners. Therefore, this paper aims to explore some ways to implement the concept of learner autonomy in EFL classrooms. The writer promotes four main ideas that can assist the teachers to implement this concept in their EFL classroom as follows. Firstly, setting contextual and clear goals for learners and helping them to evaluate their clear contextual goals with guidelines for goal evaluation. Secondly, allowing learners to identify and maximize their preferred learning strategies. Thirdly, boosting learner’s motivation intrinsically and extrinsically. Finally, adopting technology in learning and teaching.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Abd. Rahman
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TI  - Building Autonomous Learners in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017)
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