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Learning to Learn Digitally: Getting Students on the Road to Autonomy
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, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

IJCALLT Volume 3, Number 4, ISSN 2155-7098 Publisher: IGI Global

Abstract

How can educators empower and encourage their students to be more proactive, and give them the tools necessary to learn on their own, utilizing digital language learning resources in a culturally sensitive way? Described below is a project that introduced students to how technology and the Internet can empower the independent language learner. The goal was for the students to develop knowledge of and confidence in self-instruction and learn how to use technology and the Internet to further their language education independently. This article first outlines research into autonomous language learning with computers, offers a list of key elements for autonomous language learning, gives a description of how an independent language learning project was implemented and reports on results of student surveys that measured student response to the project. These students lacked the skills, knowledge and confidence to study on their own. However, by learning autonomous language learning concepts, and with instruction on how technology and the Internet can support a digital language learner, they gained the understanding and confidence to set and accomplish language learning goals on their own.

Citation

Terhune, N. (2013). Learning to Learn Digitally: Getting Students on the Road to Autonomy. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 3(4), 9-24. IGI Global. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from .

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