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Autonomy of English language learners : a scoping review of research and practice

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Date
09/02/2022
Author
Chong, Sin Wang
Reinders, Hayo
Keywords
TESOL
Autonomous learning
English language
Learner autonomy
Scoping review
LB Theory and practice of education
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Abstract
Learner autonomy is a vibrant and diverse field. In its approximately 40-year history, it has drawn liberally on theoretical constructs and research methodologies from other disciplines. In turn, it has contributed to the field of applied linguistics by drawing attention to the fundamental importance of understanding the language learner as an active agent in the learning process. To understand the role of autonomy in, and its connections with other areas of study, it is important to ask how it has been conceptualized and operationalized. In addition, given its elusive and amorphous nature, it is timely to ask if and how (the development of) learner autonomy has been evaluated. In this article we conducted a scoping review, or a systematic and comprehensive literature review, of 61 empirical studies in this field. The results show a rich array of conceptualizations and numerous operationalizations, in addition to a somewhat limited use of evaluations. We draw from this a number of implications for research. In particular, we encourage learner autonomy researchers to make explicit their theoretical frameworks, extend their investigation to the role of language learning beyond the classroom in promoting learner autonomy, and diversify their use of research methods.
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Chong , S W & Reinders , H 2022 , ' Autonomy of English language learners : a scoping review of research and practice ' , Language Teaching Research , vol. OnlineFirst . https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688221075812
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Language Teaching Research
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688221075812
ISSN
1362-1688
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/autonomy-of-english-language-learners-a-scoping-review-of-researc
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/25294

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