Attitudes and beliefs that mark the development of autonomy in foreign language learning

Authors

  • Christine Nicolaides
  • Vera Fernandes

Keywords:

beliefs, attitudes, learner autonomy

Abstract

We would hardly find a teacher who wouldn’t recognize the importance of autonomy in education nowadays. Nevertheless, any attempt to put learner autonomy into practice shows how complex this process is. This complexity happens especially because the educational context is imbued of beliefs and attitudes that resist to innovation. This is not different when it concerns developing learner autonomy in foreign language learning. This paper therefore shows some of these beliefs and attitudes that resist to autonomy and the position of the authors towards them.

Author Biographies

Christine Nicolaides

Christine Nicolaides is a teacher researcher at UCPel in the area of applied linguistics to English teaching. She got her MA in applied linguistics in the same institution and at the present moment is working on her PhD thesis at UFRGS, whose theme is: beliefs and attitudes about autonomy in foreign language acquisition.

Vera Fernandes

Vera Fernandes is a teacher researcher and coordinator of the Language Course at UCPel. Her MA dissertation is entitled “A busca da autonomia na aprendizagem de LE: a experiência do ensino concentrado na UCPel” and she was one of the founders of the Centro de Aprendizagem Autônoma de Línguas in the same institution.

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2002)

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