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Newsletter 12 - December 2004
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Newsletter 11 - April 2004
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Articles:

· From the editor, Zosia Grudzińska
· Long Live TDAL SIG, David French
· Guest article: Movement And The Body In Language Learning, Jane Arnold
· Guest article: Just Us In Cieszyn, Enyedi Agnes
· Autonomy - how to Prepare Our Students for Independence, Marta Bujakowska
· Is Poland Ready for Autonomy? Training for Teacher and Learner Autonomy, Hanna Kijowska
· Learner Autonomy and Social Interaction in the Perception of the English Teachers, Magdalena Brchaňová
· Musings On Autonomy, David French
· WorthWhileWebs

New column: SOUND OFF!!
· Is Cheating an Issue for Autonomous Teachers and Learners? - The Editor's Debate


Newsletter 10 - November 2003
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Articles:

· From the editor, Zosia Grudzińska
· Journal Writin in the ESP Classroom, Beata Opałka
· Professional development: Are You a Reflective Teacher?, Beata Opałka
· Very young learners will and do Zosia Grudzińska
· New ways of learning a foreign language, Zosia Barańska
· Learning how to teach Autonomous Learning: a Diploma Project (NKJO Ciechanów), Mariola Maculewicz
· A report from IDEC 2003, David French


Newsletter 9 - April 2003
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Articles:

· From the editor, Zosia Grudzińska
· Greetings from UAE, Heather M. Baba
· Guest Article: The Quantum Revolution in Education: Organic Learning, Grethe Hooper Hansen
· Guest Article: Discussing Autonomy Inga Rebenius
· Who we are?, Zosia Grudzińska
· Songs and Rhymes in Language Teaching, Dorota Cebula
· How to retreat with joy, Katarzyna Weiss
· Reflective Learning in the Autonomous Classroom, Beata Opałka
· Testing in an Autonomous Group, Zosia Grudzińska
· Students’ Voices – Working with or without a Coursebook?, Ania Gajewska, Martyna Rydzewska, Kasia Szymańska
· Where Autonomy Hails, Zosia Grudzińska

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· Confession of a Lazy Student, Zosia Grudzińska
· The world about us…, Kasia Weiss
· Worth While Websites


Newsletter 8 - December 2002
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Articles:

· From the editor, Zosia Grudzińska
· IATEFL Poland Teacher Development and Autonomous SIG, David French
· Guest Article: Club house democracy: developing democracy in a Canadian state school, Leonard Turton
· Guest Article: New and Improved or Back to Basics? Ryan James, Ed.D.
· ASSA - The School for Individual Development, David French
· Home's Cool, Marek Budajczak
· Internet English, Beata Opałka
· Working With The Internet, Zosia Grudzińska

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· After The Conference, Zosia Grudzińska
· It's a Power Thing, David French
· More serious than you, Zosia Grudzińska


Newsletter 7 - June 2002
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Articles:

·  From the editor, Zofia Grudzińska
·  Cieszyn 2002: They don’t have no satisfaction, Jola Kaźmierczak and Grażyna Turlej
·  Cieszyn 2002: How to test progress, Richard Bradford;
·  Cieszyn 2002: Photo Gallery
·  ICT as a contributing factor to developing Learner Autonomy, Beata Opałka
·  Using the Internet in the language classroom to foster learner independence, Jarosław Krajka, Zosia Grudzińska
·  Developing speaking skills - taking a closer look, Marcin Kleban
·  From Poznań with Love, Zosia Grudzińska
·  Do we care about group work?, Danusia Wiśniewska


Newsletter 6 - January 2002
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Articles:

·  From the editor, Zofia Grudzińska
·  Guest Article: Teacher-learner Autonomy: Ideas for Conference and Workshop Design, Andy Barfield, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Richard C. Smith, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
·  Guest Article: Teacher Support and Teacher Challenge In Promoting Learner Autonomy, Luciano Mariani; first published in Perspectives, a Journal of TESOL-Italy - Vol. XXIII, No. 2 Fall 1997
·  Support vs Challenge in Classroom Interaction - A Sample Questionnaire, Luciano Mariani
·  Homeschooling in Poland?, Beata Opałka
·  Creative Writing in the Classroom, Sarah Łuczaj
·  In the Absence of the Teacher, Zosia Grudzińska
·  When the School does not Provide,Zofia Barańska

·  Teacher Development - A Story with a Twist, Zosia Grudzińska


Newsletter 5 - September 2001
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Articles:

·  From the (former) editor, Jason Menayan
·  From the editor,, Zofia Grudzińska
·  Students' feedback, Agata Siwiec
·  Learners' voices, David French
·  Guest Article: Club house democracy: developing democracy in a Canadian state school,, Leonard Turton
·  Self-access in elementary school - is it at all possible?, Zosia Grudzińska
·  Guest Article: What can I do with the reading? Text and student autonomy, Leslie Bobb Wolff
·  The wheel of learning in the context of the EFL classroom, Beata Darzycka
·  Getting in touch with AL., Jola Kazmierczak
·  Teachers, don't force autonomy on your learner!, Basia Boroń


Newsletter 4 - November 2000
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Articles:

·  Memoir of a Survivor, Zofia Grudzińska
·  Autonomy in Foreign Languages, Zofia Grudzińska
·  Obstacles to the development of autonomy in state schools, Jason Menayan
·  We’re all in it together, David Little
·  Writing to learn: Dialogue journals and strategy training, Gina Oxbrow
·  An autonomous language learner, David French
·  Student feedback sheets, Richard Bradford


Newsletter 3 - April 2000
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Articles:

·  What's in a Name?, David French
·  Introduction to portfolios as a tool for self-reflection and assessment in the classroom, Maria DaCosta
·  "Am I doing the right thing?": How to implement the Polish educational reform, Maria DaCosta
·  Assessment Portfolios: Tools for Reflection and Reform, Maria DaCosta
·  My students are stealing my lessons from me, Zofia Grudzińska
·  A Patriotic Multi-Part Lesson Plan, Jason Menayan
·  Visiting each other in our working environment as a good way of personal development, Zbigniew Borys
·  Raising self-awareness in advanced learners practising listening comprehension, Ewa Chojnacka
·  Just how low can you go?, Alan Pulverness


Newsletter 2 - July 1999
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Articles:
·  "Why are they all limping?", Richard Bradford
·  Student Autonomy in English for Medical Purposes, Donald  Sargeant/Anna Wysokińska-Kubiak
·  Torments of Autonomy, Zofia Grudzińska


Newsletter 1
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Articles:
·  Learner Independence, David French




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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