This study examines the potential connections among learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English, their perceptions of autonomy-supportive teaching and two individual difference variables, i.e. motivation and English speaking self-efficacy. Two hundred and five Iranian EFL learners responded to four questionnaires. The data obtained from the collected instruments were...

Teacher autonomy is essential for their professional competence. Unless they are accountable at profession, there will not be any positive output in the domain of teaching and learning. The main objectives this study were to explore teachers' perceptions on impact teacher enhancing competences, identify how far level affects competences teachers, investigate existing practices Tribhuvan Univers...

Objective: The objective of the present study is to build upon the existing literature examining the coaching context and how it relates to coaches’ use of autonomy-supportive interpersonal behaviours (i.e. Stebbings, Taylor, Spray, & Ntoumanis, 2012) by identifying additional environmental factors and exploring the role of coach motivation. Design: An academic model designed by Pelletier, Segu...

CALL can be a route to learner autonomy, allowing students to use PC-based software to learn individually, without need of class or teacher. However, language is above all a medium for communication, implying a dialogue of two or more participants: although CALL can provide exercises and lessons in grammar, vocabulary, writing skills etc, it might seem that conversation practice still calls for...