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Independent Language Learning : Building on Experience, Seeking New Perspectives /

Independent learning is not a new concept for language educators but while teachers, curriculum designers and policy makers have embraced it as underpinning modern notions of education, it remains a dynamic and vibrant field for researchers and academics who aim to broaden its scope and deepen our u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: Morrison, Bruce, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2011
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Building on experience, seeking new perspectives / Bruce Morrison
  • section 1. Emerging perspectives
  • 1. Inside independent learning : old and new perspectives / Cynthia White
  • 2. Learner autonomy, self-assessment and language tests : towards a new assessment culture / David Little
  • 3. Strategic and self-regulated learning for the 21st century : the merging of skill, will and self-regulation / Claire Ellen Weinstein, Taylor W. Acee, Jaehak Jung and Jeremy K. Dearman
  • section 2. The independent learner
  • 4. Identity and learner autonomy in doctoral study : international students' experiences in an Australian university / Sara Cotterall
  • 5. I'm not giving up! : maintaining motivation in independent language learning / Linda Murphy
  • 6. Research methods to investigate emotions in independent language learning : a focus on think-aloud verbal protocols / Stella Hurd
  • section 3. Supporting the independent learner
  • 7. Achieving your GOAL : a case study of three learners / Tanya McCarthy
  • 8. On the road to self-directed learning : a language coaching case study / Christina Wielgolawski
  • 9. Developing learner autonomy through peer teaching experiences / Shu-Hua Kao
  • 10. Developing the ARC : creating an online autonomy resource centre / Tony Cripps
  • 11. Autonomous learners in digital realms : exploring strategies for effective digital language learning / Rebecca L. Oxford and Chien-Yu Lin
  • 12. ePortfolios for independent language learning : episodic innovation or lasting reform? / Juliana Chau
  • Index.