Teacher-Learner Autonomy in Second Language Acquisition

A data set (N = 1125) was collected from Japanese high school students, and four models were tested a priori; two were the originally hypothesized models for the

The final query pertaining to intrinsic motivation stated, “Watching my performance made me want to improve my English speaking.” To this statement, again, a great majority

Acculturation  is determined  by  the degree of social   and  psychological   distance    between  the learner and  the  target language  culture(Ellis  

However, they are limited to very specific and highly abstract forms and do not address the fact that adult learners tend to have much greater difficulty with all aspects of

Two methods that have been shown to be effective are the keyword method (Atkinson 1975) , in which learners create acoustic and imagery links between L2 words and their first

tice. If we want tolearn, for example, Englishasasecond language, we must learn that

  "Role-play  can  imitate  what  happens  in  the  world  outside  the  classroom  in 

In this paper, I have discussed the concept of learner autonomy in relation to cultural differences between the West and the East. Autonomy in most collectivist cultures like