Autonomy and foreign language learning in a virtual learning environment / Miranda Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Miranda, author.

Series:

Advances in digital language learning and teaching.

Advances in digital language learning and teaching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Pub. Plc, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Digitalised learning with its promise of autonomy, enhanced learner choice, independence and freedom, is an intuitive and appealing construct but closer examination reveals it to be a rather simplistic proposition, raising the following questions. -What do we mean by autonomy? ; -What are we implying about the role of the teacher, the classroom, and interaction between learners? ; -What do we understand about the impact of technology on the ecology of the learning environment? This book describes the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by a group of advanced English language learners in Mexico, comparing what students thought and what they did in response to the technology. The theoretical aim of the book is to work towards the construction of a theory of the development of autonomy and virtual learning in an EFL context. Enhanced understanding about the relationship between autonomy and technology has the potential to inform academics, software designers, materials writers, teacher educators, and teachers and to help learners in their quest to acquire a foreign language."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Paradox and promise: autonomy, Foreign Language Learning And Technology

Understanding Autonomy: An Overview

Technology: Virtual Promise or Virtual Reality The Pedagogical Challenge

Shadow Dancing: Autonomy in Action

Student Reflections On Aspects Of Their Current EFL Learning Environment

Perceptions And Reality 1: Students' Response To Using a VLE in Computer Room Lessons

Perceptions And Reality 2: Beyond The Classroom Students Free Time Use of the VLE Beyond The Classroom

An Ecological Perspective Of Autonomy, Foreign Language Learning and Technology

Looking Back, Thinking Forwards.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472541864

1472541863

9781441153685

1441153683

OCLC:

836401745