Learner autonomy is regarded as a learner’s capacity for planning their self study, taking control of their own study progress, as well as writing critical reflection. The aim is for self-improving!
In the article, the writer mentioned that CALL courseware should be both technology and pedagogy based. The writer also introduced three approaches to learner autonomy: individual-cognitive, social-interactive and experimental-participatory. By modifying these three approaches, Tandem learning was implemented for helping students enhance their autonomy in learning. It’s about combining two groups of learners: L1 & L2. These two groups of learners would benefit from each other.
However, I think it’s quite difficult to do it in my school because teachers may find it very challenging to select these two groups of students. It needs a lot of human resources, especially for monitoring, assessing students’ progress, and evaluation. Do teachers have any similar experience?
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When I was working in the English Language Centre at CityU we encouraged students to do a lot of 'independent learning' followed by reflections. This does indeed require a lot of support from teachers, who act as counselors and facilitators of the learning process, rather than delivering information. The key is to integrate this into your curriculum aims.
What do you think about the kinds of intercultural project based learning described here?
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