A study on some effective autonomous learning strategies for English learners

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in helping English learners to develop their learning autonomy skills. Despite being trained under the light of the modern teaching methods such as the Communicative Language Teaching, learners are still quite passive and dependent on teachers and not fully aware of their main role and responsibility for their own learning and learning outcomes. Yet this trend is changing. In todays’ ideal classrooms, teachers and students interact and negotiate. Indeed learning is better if the student is an active and independent participant. It is the leaner autonomy that can help learners handle all their plans and reach their aims in English learning. This study is an attempt to examine the concept of learner autonomy and suggest some effective autonomous leaning strategies for English learners.