Maintaining Control: Autonomy and Language Learning

Contents

Contributors vii Introduction 1 1. Maintaining Control: An introduction 3 Richard Pemberton, Sarah Toogood and Andy Barfield Theories and discourses of autonomy and language learning 11 2. Making sense of autonomy in language learning 13 Phil Benson 3. Crash or clash? Autonomy 10 years on 27 Edith Esch 4. Discursive dissonance in approaches to autonomy 45 Philip Riley Practices of learner autonomy 65 5. Controlling learning: Learners’ voices and relationships 67 between motivation and learner autonomy Terry Lamb 6. Learner autonomy in a mainstream writing course: 87 Articulating learning gains Sara Cotterall Contents 7. Reflective lesson planning: Promoting learner autonomy 109 in the classroom Lindsay Miller 8. The use of logbooks — a tool for developing learner 125 autonomy Leni Dam Practices of teacher autonomy 145 9. Learner autonomy, the European Language Portfolio 147 and teacher development David Little 10. The teacher as learner: Developing autonomy in 175 an interactive learning environment Barbara Sinclair 11. Defending stories and sharing one: Towards a narrative 199 understanding of teacher autonomy Naoko Aoki, with Hiroaki Kobayashi 12. Autonomy and control in curriculum development: 217 ‘Are you teaching what we all agreed?’ Mike Nix and Andy Barfield Commentary 239 13. Autonomy: Under whose control? 241 Richard Smith and Ema Ushioda Notes 255 References 259 Index 283 vi Contents ...