Self-Access Language Learning: Students' Perceptions of and Experiences Within this New Mode of Learning

With the aim of fostering autonomy in learning, both innovations, the self-access centre and the mode of learning derived from it, were adopted in the context of the study (Language Centre in the University of Veracruz, Mexico). Based on a case study, I have adopted a qualitative perspective to do t...

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Autor: Luz Edith Herrera Díaz
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2012
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Veracruzana
Repositório:Redalyc-UV
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:169224317008
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=169224317008
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Educación
self
access centre
Autonomous learning
access language learning
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Resumo:With the aim of fostering autonomy in learning, both innovations, the self-access centre and the mode of learning derived from it, were adopted in the context of the study (Language Centre in the University of Veracruz, Mexico). Based on a case study, I have adopted a qualitative perspective to do this research,which aimed to know how the students undergoing this new English learning mode perceived it and what their experiences were within the no-class courses. The purpose of this article is topresent the main themes that emerged after gathering the data for this study. It concludes with suggestions fora more contextualized and critical adoption of innovations in the English as a Foreign Language arena.