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Social Dimensions of Autonomy in Language Learning

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Garold Murray

    1. Okayama University, Japan

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exploring the Social Dimensions of Autonomy in Language Learning

      • Garold Murray
      Pages 3-11

  4. The Spatial Dimension

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Semiotics of Place: Autonomy and Space

      • Garold Murray, Naomi Fujishima, Mariko Uzuka
      Pages 81-99

    3. ‘Facebook Me’ within a Global Community of Learners of English: Technologizing Learner Autonomy

      • Alice Chik, Stephan Breidbach
      Pages 100-118

    4. Autonomy, Social Interaction, and Community: A Distance Language Learning Perspective

      • Linda Murphy
      Pages 119-134

    5. Meeting the Autonomy Challenge in an Advanced Spanish Listening Class

      • Diego Mideros, Beverly-Anne Carter
      Pages 135-151

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Autonomy in Language Learning as a Social Construct

      • Garold Murray
      Pages 233-249

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 250-277
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This book examines how autonomy in language learning is fostered and constrained in social settings through interaction with others and various contextual features. With theoretical grounding, the authors discuss the implications for practice in classrooms, distance education, self-access centres, as well as virtual and social learning spaces.

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"The book is conistently insightful and the wide range of topics and perspectives on these topics makes it a sophisticated reading 'adventure' for all those who are willing to immerse themselves in the field of autonomy." - Independence

Editors and Affiliations

  • Okayama University, Japan

    Garold Murray

About the editor

Andy Barfield, Chuo University, Japan Stephan Breidbach, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin Beverly-Anne Carter, University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago E. Desirée Castillo Zaragoza, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico Alice Chik, City University of Hong Kong, China Naomi Fujishima, Okayama University, Japan Tim Lewis, Open University, UK Diego Mideros Camargo, University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Linda Murphy, Open University, UK Christine O'Leary, Sheffield Hallam University, UK David M. Palfreyman, Zayed University, UAE Liliane Assis Sade, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Brazil Mariko Uzuka, Okayama University, Japan Tomoko Yashima, Kansai University, Japan

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