{"id":988,"date":"2011-01-30T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltchat.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2011-01-30T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T14:25:09","slug":"ways-to-develop-learner-autonomy-tips-for-learning-outside-class-time-eltchat-summary-26012011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltchat.org\/index.php\/2011\/01\/30\/ways-to-develop-learner-autonomy-tips-for-learning-outside-class-time-eltchat-summary-26012011\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to develop learner autonomy \u2013 tips for learning outside class time. #ELTchat Summary 26\/01\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary for this chat contributed by Vladimira Michalkova and first posted on her blog, Vladimira’s Blog<\/a>. Vladimira is @vladkaslniecko<\/a> on Twitter! Many thanks!!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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26\/01\/2011 \u2013 Another great #ELTchat \u2013 Ways to develop learner autonomy \u2013 tips for learning outside class time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI never teach my students. I simply provide the situations in which they can learn.\u201d Einstein<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Main goals<\/strong>:
\n\u2022 Make your students independent of the teacher
\n\u2022 Help the learner to become independent and become his\/her own mentor
\n\u2022 provide students with the tools to be able to learn on their own
\n\u2022 make your students part of the decision making about classroom activities<\/p>\n

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The role of teacher in developing learner autonomy:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 model role
\n\u2022 moderator
\n\u2022 facilitator<\/p>\n

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How autonomy starts in classroom:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Give them choice
\n\u2022 Show them ways of learning
\n\u2022 Use the learners\u2019 interest
\n\u2022 Talk about it in classroom<\/p>\n

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Here are the tips:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 show them how to learn (teach them also study skills), what suits them most and how to get most out of it
\n\u2022 Show learners ideas from your own learning (writing coloured words on papers, putting them on the walls). You can be a good role model for your students.
\n\u2022 suggest websites, radio stations anything that could be interesting and can motivate them to use these things outside classroom
\n\u2022 Films \u2013 discuss the films in classroom, watch film with\/without subtitles, watch film in L1 and then in L2.
\n\u2022 Give them mLearning tech and tools
\n\u2022 Show them how to do things on the blog which they do at home (toondoo, embedding youtube,
\n\u2022 etc. ), create class blogs, yahoogroups
\n\u2022 Have your students set the objectives and then have them evaluate their progress
\n\u2022 Give them tools like spidergrams, guessing from context, train dictionary use
\n\u2022 Use student-generated content, peer pressure\/role modeling
\n\u2022 Use self-access box in your classroom
\n\u2022 Do not let your course book limit you in developing learner autonomy \u2013 enrich, adapt, enliven it
\n\u2022 Tell your students about multitasking \u2013 learn while doing something else
\n\u2022 Show them the ways they can use course book at home (transcripts, grammar pages\u2026)
\n\u2022 never do anything that you can get students to do
\n\u2022 Make your students think about why you do some activities in classroom, help them to become aware of the purpose
\n\u2022 Show them how they can use target language outside the classroom (where they can find it)
\n\u2022 Students\u2019 diaries\/journals\/audio diaries
\n\u2022 Give them feedback (more than correction)
\n\u2022 Be careful with homework \u2013 think how to present it (rather search\/project\/task like than exercise or a worksheet to fill in)
\n\u2022 Use readers, classroom library
\n\u2022 Encourage your students to make friends with other people using English for communication
\n\u2022 Record your students\u2026and their progress
\n\u2022 Encourage students to use Google Docs as their online vocabulary notebooks
\n\u2022 Ask them to teach (what they have learned) someone else, family members, friends\u2026
\n\u2022 Persuade your students to use their mobiles in English for a week or so\u2026 (switch to English where you can)<\/p>\n

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Useful web applications:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Voicethread
\n\u2022 Vocaroo
\n\u2022 wikis
\n\u2022 Tutorials (http:\/\/www.teachertrainingvideos.com, http:\/\/technology4kids.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/34922427\/tutorials)
\n\u2022 Moodle
\n\u2022 Audio boo<\/p>\n

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Further reading\/activities developing on Learners\u2019 Autonomy: <\/strong><\/p>\n