Teacher-learner autonomy, by analogy with previous definitions of language learner autonomy, might be defined as the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for oneself as a teacher, in cooperation with others. By focusing on the teacher as learner in this manner I do not mean to diminish the importance of ‘being free from constraints on one’s teaching’, i.e. teacher auto...

the purpose of this paper was to see whether any significant relationship exists among efl learners’autonomy, left/right brain dominance, and reading comprehension of the academic reading and generalreading modules of ielts examination. to this end, 100 female efl learners were randomly selectedfrom those who were attending ielts preparatory courses at a language school in tehran. allparticipan...

Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to develop learner autonomy is a challenging task in the context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). A new, double channel model for developing learner autonomy is proposed. This provides the basis for an experimental study, which investigates the impact of an autonomous learning platform (ALP). Both self-directed learning and social...