Independent Language Learning – Building on on Experience, Seeking New Perspectives

Bruce Morrison is director of the English Language Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he has worked since 1994. He has extensive experience as language teacher, teacher educator and pedagogic administrator. Before working in Hong Kong, he worked in China, South Korea, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, the UK and Egypt. His research interests include independent and self-access language learning, the tertiary English-medium learning experience for non-native users of English and programme evaluation.

Independent Language Learning: Building on Experience, Seeking New Perspectives continues Hong Kong University Press' well-established reputation of publishing in the field of learner autonomy. Authors from a range of backgrounds present theoretical and practical issues related to independent learning in an accessible and enlightening manner. This excellent volume offers a variety of new and innovated insights making the book an essential read for academics and practitioners, or anyone with an interest in language education. -- Lindsay Miller, City University of Hong Kong