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Article published In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 21:2 (1998) ► pp.61–78

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Roles in autonomous language learning

 | Victoria University of Wellington
Published online: 1 January 1998
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.21.2.04cot
Abstract
The literature on autonomous learning indicates that role is a critical dimension in implementing learner autonomy. This paper examines the roles adopted by learners and teachers in language learning settings where the objective of promoting learner autonomy has been adopted. It does this first by exploring the ways in which different writers committed to autonomy have characterised learner and teacher roles. It then focuses specifically on language learning and considers how three variables – culture, learning mode and individual differences – might influence the roles which individuals actually adopt. The paper concludes by considering how new or modified roles might most effectively be presented.
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