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LISIG Website - UK
http://www.man.ac.uk/IATEFL/lisig/lihome.htm#top

Helsinki University ALMS Home page:
http://www.helsinki.fi/kksc/alms/

World Wide Web page on autonomy and independence:
http://www.hku.hk/engctr/autonomy/autonomy.html

Recommended reading on autonomous language learning:

  • Baltes, P. B., and U. M. Staudinger (eds.), 1996: Interactive Minds. Life-Span Perspectives on the Social Foundation of Cognition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Barnes, Douglas, 1976: From Communication to Curriculum. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  • Barnes, Douglas, 1986: Language in the secondary classroom. In D. Barnes, J. Britton and M. Torbe, Language, the Learner and the School. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  • Benson, P. & Voller, P. (eds.) (1997) Autonomy and independence in language learning. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Limited.
  • Bergen (1990): Developing Autonomous Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom. Bergen: Universitetet i Bergen, Institutt for praktisk pedagogikk.
  • Breen, Michael, Christopher Candlin, Leni Dam, and Gerd Gabrielsen (1989): "The evolution of a teacher training programme". Robert Keith Johnson (ed.): The Second Language Curriculum. Cambridge: Cam­bridge University Press. 111-135.
  • Canfield, Jack and Harold C. Wells: 100 ways to enhance self-concept in the classroom - a handbook for teachers and parents. Prentice Hall (1976)
  • Dam, Leni (1994): "How to recognise the autonomous classroom". Die Neueren Sprachen: Lernerautonomie. Bd. 93, Heff 5: 503-527.
  • Dam, Leni (1995): Learner Autonomy - From Theory to Classroom Practice. Learner autonomy, 3. Dublin: Authentik.
  • Dam, L. and G. Gabrielsen (1988): Developing Learner Autonomy in a School Context. In, H. Holec: Autonomy and self-directed learning: present fields of applica­tion. Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
  • Dam, L. and L. Legenhausen (1996): The acquisition of vocabulary in an autonomous learning environment - the first months of beginning English. In, Richard Pemberton et al (eds.): Taking Control - Autonomy in Language Learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Ellis, G & B. Sinclair (1989) "The theory of learner training', in Learning to Learn English: a course in learner training. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Ervola, K., Karlsson, L., Kjisik, F., Nordlund, 3. & Pilkinton-Pihko, D., (1995) The ALMS Programme - An experiment in autonomous language learning, in K. Lehtinen (ed.), Uudistuva Korkeakouluopetus, Helsinki: Finn Lectura.
  • Esch, E. (1996) 'Promoting language autonomy', in R. Pemberton, E.S.L. Li, W.W.F. Or, & H.D. Pierson (eds.), Taking control: autonomy in language learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Forman, E. A., N. Minick and C. A. Stone, 1993: Contexts for Learning: Sociocultural Dynamics in Children's Development. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Freire, Paolo, 1972: Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
  • Gremmo, Marie-José & Riley, Philip (1995) Autonomy, self-direction and self-access in language teaching and learning: The history of an idea. System, 23 (2), 151-164
  • Harré, R., 1998: The Singular Self. An Introduction to the Psychology of Personhood. London: Sage.
  • Holec, H., 1981: Autonomy and Foreign Language Learning. Oxford: Pergamon, first published 1979 Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
  • Holec, Henri (1990) Qu'est-ce qu'apprendre ŕ apprendre. Mélanges Pédagogiques, CRAPEL, Université Nancy 2, 75-87
  • Huttunen, Irma (1996) Kielipainotteinen vai merkityskeskeinen oppimisympäristö? Tempus 6, 12-16.
  • Illich, I., 1979: Deschooling Society. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (First published 1971, New York: Harper and Row.)
  • Kafai, Y., and M. Resnick (eds), 1996: Constructionism in Practice. Designing, Dunking, and Learning in a Digital World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Eribaum.
  • Karlsson, Leena, Kjisik, Felicity, Nordlund Joan (1997) From Here to Autonomy, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
  • Legenhausen, L. (1994):Vokabelerwerb im autonomen Lernkontext. in Die Neueren Sprachen: Lernautonomie. Oktober 1994. Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main.
  • Legenhausen, L. (1997):The impact of classroom culture on attitudes and communicative be­haviour. In G. Gabrielsen (ed.): Proceedings from the 5th Nordic Workshop on Autonomous Language Learning. DLH, Copenhagen.
  • Little, David (1991) Learner Autonomy - Definition, Issues and Problems, Dublin: Authentik.
  • Little, D. (1996) 'Freedom to learn and compulsion to interact: promoting learner autonomy through the use of interaction systems and information technologies', in R. Pemberton, E.S.L. Li, W.W.F. Or, & H.D. Pierson (eds.), Taking control: autonomy in language learning. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Little, D., 1994: Words and their properties: arguments for a lexical approach to pedagogical grammar. In T. Odlin (ed.), Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar, pp.99-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Little, D., 1996: Strategic competence considered in relation to strategic control of the language learning process. In H. Holec, D.
  • Little and R. Richterich, Strategies in Language Learning and Use, pp.11-37. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
  • Little, D., and D. Singleton, 1991: Authentic texts, pedagogical grammar and Language Awareness in foreign language learning. In C. James and P. Garrett (eds.), Language Awareness in the Classroom, pp.123-132. London and New York: Longman.
  • Marková, I., and K. Foppa (eds.), 1990: The Dynamics of Dialogue. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  • Mayher, I. S., 1990: Uncommon Sense. Theoretical Practice in Language Education. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
  • McDonough, S. (1995): Strategy and skill in learning a foreign language. London: Edward Arnold.
  • Mélanges Pédagogiques (1981), (1983), (1985), (1989), (1992:21), (1993:22) CRAPEL, Université Nancy 2.
  • Mercer, N., 1995: The Guided Construction of Knowledge. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
  • Moll, L. C. (ed.), 1990: Vygotsky and Education: Instructional Implications and Applications of Sociohistorical Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Nunan, David (1996) 'Towards autonomous learning: some theoretical, empirical and practical issues', in R. Pemberton, E.S.L. Li, W.W.F. Or, & H.D. Pierson (eds.), Taking control: autonomy in language learning. Hong Kong: HKU Press.
  • Oxford, R., 1990: Language Learning Strategies; what every teacher should know. New York: Newbury House Publishers.
  • Page, Brian (ed.) (1992): Letting Go - Taking Hold, A guide to inde­pendent language learning by teachers for teachers. London: CILT (Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research).
  • Papert, S., 1994: The Children's Machine. Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  • Pemberton, Richard (1996) 'Introduction', in R. Pemberton, E.S.L Li, W.W.F. Or, & H.D. Pierson (eds.), Taking control: autonomy in language learning. Hong Kong: HKU Press.
  • Ridley, 3., 1996: Learner Autonomy 6: Developing Learners' Thinking Skills. Dublin: Authentik.
  • Riley, Philip (1994) 'Aspects of learner discourse: why listening to learners is so important', in Esch. E (ed.) Self-access and the adult language learner, London: CILT
  • Rogers, C., 1983: Freedom to Learn for the 80's. New York: Merrill.
  • Salmon, P., 1995: Psychology in the Classroom. London: Cassell.
  • Salomon, G., 1993: Distributed Cognitions. Psychological and Educational Considerations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Simpson, B. L., 1998: Theoretical and practical issues in the development of LSP courses for refugees and immigrant learners. Paper presented at the conference Language for Specific and Academic Purposes - Integrating Theory and Practice, University College Dublin, 6-8 March.
  • Tharp, R., and R. Gallimore, 1988: Rousing Minds to Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Thomsen, H., and G. Gabrielsen, 1991: New Classroom Practices in Foreign Language Teaching: Co-operative Teaching-Learning. Copenhagen: Danmarks Lćrerhřjskole. (video and mimeo.)
  • Uchioda, E., 1996: Learner Autonomy 5: The Role of Motivation. Dublin: Authentik.
  • Vygotsky, L. S., 1978: Mind in Society. The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Vygotsky, L. S., 1986: Thought and Language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • Wolff, Dieter (1994): New approaches to language teaching: an overview CLCS Occasional Paper No.39. Dublin: Trinity College.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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