Analysis of Teachers’ Voices of Learner Autonomy in EFL Online Learning Context

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210427.084How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Autonomous learning, e-learning, teacher’s perception

Abstract

Autonomy of English language learners in a technology-supported learning environment has attracted much academic interest. However, learner autonomy in the Indonesian EFL setting has not commonly been considered as an important teaching and learning objective. Additionally, studies on teachers’ voices of the emerging context of online learning platform over learner autonomy have not been well established. Therefore, the present study attempts to complement this line of research via a qualitative investigation of two EFL teachers. Interviews and classroom observation were used to collect the data about English teachers’ voices regarding learner autonomy and learner autonomy-based practices. The finding suggests that the teachers perceived learner autonomy as the ability to learn independently and online learning helped them to promote learner autonomy. Teachers believe that learners should be able to make decisions about how they would like to learn, the activity they did, and what is involved in making decisions. With regard to learner autonomy-based teaching and learning practices, it was found that although the teachers desired to implement learner autonomy in their classroom context, and they used different strategies to promote learner autonomy. However, several factors such as learners’ lack of autonomous learning experience, limited interaction, and insufficient proficiency in English became the constraints of developing learner autonomy in online learning classes. In this respect, it is important to provide learners with training to be autonomous and have a strong commitment to success in inculcating learner autonomy in an online classroom setting.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sulistia Ningsih
AU  - Fazri Nur Yusuf
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - Analysis of Teachers’ Voices of Learner Autonomy in EFL Online Learning Context
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 556
EP  - 561
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.084
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.084
ID  - Ningsih2021
ER  -