Learner autonomy in the

foreign language classroom:

teacher, learner, curriculum
and assessment
Leni Dam

Fariha Sharmin
 To promote a learner-directed
learning environment,
 To reflect on learners’ learning,
 To make them understand the
process of learning and the function
of language,
 To let them adopt patterns of
learning
Learner responsibility

Learner’s willing to
take charge of his/her
own learning by
independently .
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What are the teacher’s responsibilities when trying to
develop learner autonomy?

o Willing to “let go”

o Knowledge of what to change
o Awareness of the differences between
a teacher- centered teaching
environment and a learning- centered
learning environment
o Certainty of how to discharge
responsibilities
 Experience

Awareness

Influence on
Four steps of and
learner participation in
decision
responsibility making

Responsibility
In a learning-centered learning
environment the teacher can

Present various ways of

Make clear of
organizing work and draw
expectation up

Find ways of supporting Support learners’ awareness

learners’ choices and of what , why, how to learn
decisions
How can teachers be supported?

A possible plan for a

teaching period

A model for in-service

teacher training aimed at
getting teachers to
change their traditional
teaching practice
Why do some teachers succeed and others
fail?

Teachers provide ideas for

possible ways of going about
learning while leaving the actual
learning to the learners in the
learner-initiated and learner-
directed section
Avoiding a change
within oneself can
lead to failure in
teaching