Social Dimensions of Autonomy in Language Learning

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

3. The Emotional Dimension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Developing Autonomous Language Learners in HE: A Social Constructivist Perspective

      • Christine O’Leary

      Pages 15-36

   3. Learner Autonomy and the Theory of Sociality

      • Tim Lewis

      Pages 37-59

   4. Self-regulation and Autonomous Dependency amongst Japanese Learners of English

      • Tomoko Yashima

      Pages 60-77

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

5. The Political Dimension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Autonomy, Complexity, and Networks of Learning

      • Liliane Assis Sade

      Pages 155-174

   3. The Ecology of Learner Autonomy

      • David M. Palfreyman

      Pages 175-191

   4. Social Class and Autonomy: Four Cases Studies in a Mexican SAC

      • E. Desirée Castillo Zaragoza

      Pages 192-210

   5. Local Engagements Enhancing Practitioner Action and Knowledge for Learner Development and Autonomy within a Collaborative Teachers’ Network

      • Andy Barfield

      Pages 211-229

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.

• Autonomy
• affect
• complexity
• distance language learning
• ecology
• e-learning
• foreign language learning
• learning spaces
• self-access learning
• semiotics of place
• teacher autonomy
• emotion
• English
• Japanese
• Japanisch
• Language Learning
• Spanish
• learning and instruction

"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

• Okayama University, Japan

  Garold Murray

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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