Learner Autonomy - quotes from web articles

• means the extent to which in the teaching/learning relationship it is the learner rather than the teacher who determines the goals, the learning experiences, and the evaluation decisions of the learning programme.
• In language teaching, the principle that learners should be encouraged to assume a maximum amount of responsibility for what they learn and how they learn it. This will be reflected in approaches to needs analysis, content selection, and choice of teaching materials and learning methods.
• Learner autonomy is important because it encourages each learner to find their own way of learning.
• Students often ask "How can I become good at English" and teachers often struggle to answer. Why? Because there is no one correct answer; different people have different approaches to learning a language. Perhaps the best advice teachers can give the learner is to find an approach that works for them; successful language learners to a large extent have to be responsible for their own language learning.
• Learner autonomy is important in the learning process. The main benefits of autonomous learning are typically seen as putting students in control of their own learning process, allowing them to develop a pace determined by themselves. Students learn at differentrates and it is quite impossible for all students to get the answer and understand the economic concept at the same time. The deductive nature of Economics requires students to be able to work out the answer and understand the problem themselves. In contrast to traditional lecture mode of instruction, WinEcon gives students the opportunity to determine when instruction will occur and at what pace. Students set the pace of instruction and work through course content at a rate commensurate with theirability and motivation. While the teacher, who prepares and organises the materials, may determine what is learnt, the students have a substantial amount of control over how, when and the rate of learning.