Learner autonomy in developing countries

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Learner autonomy may have special relevance now in developing countries, where a dissonance often exists between what formal education offers and what many learners want or need. Globalization and its technologies are providing new means of accessing knowledge, but school language lessons remain largely unchanged. Almost by default, successful language learners in developing country contexts are autonomous learners who can exploit out-of-school resources, while some of the most effective pedagogy involves promoting autonomy as a means of confronting low-resource challenges. This chapter argues for more research into both these phenomena, in order to increase understanding of them and to enable identification of principles for practice. It also emphasizes the need for such research to be conducted with and by local teachers and learners.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Smith, R Kuchah, K Lamb, MV https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2899-6877
Editors:	Chik, A Aoki, N Smith, R
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2018. This chapter is licenced under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
Keywords:	language learning; autonomy; developing countries
Dates:	Published: 1 February 2018 Accepted: 1 January 2017
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2018 16:21
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2023 21:15
Published Version:	https://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781137529978
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Identification Number:	10.1057/978-1-137-52998-5_2
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127970

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