Learner Autonomy Across Cultures

NAOKO AOKI Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University, JapanPHIL BENSON Assistant Professor at the English Centre, University of Hong KongALICE CHIK Teaches English Literature and Language at a secondary school, Hong KongMARIA DE LOS ANGELES CLEMENTE Lecturer and Tutor, Universidad Autònoma Benito Juàrez de Oaxaca, MexicoE.A. GAMINI FONSEKA Senior Lecturer in English and Chair of Languages, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy, Sri LankaXUESONG GAO Studying Social and Cultural Anthropology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumADRIAN HOLLIDAY Reader in Applied Linguistics, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, UKHYE-YEON LIM PhD Candidate in Foreign Language Education, University of Texas at Austin, USABONNY NORTON Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, CanadaREBECCA OXFORD Professor, University of Maryland, USAPHILIP RILEY Professor of Ethnolinguistics, University of Nancy 2, FranceKLAUS SCHWIENHORST Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, IrelandKELLEEN TOOHEY Professor of Education at Simon Frase University, British Columbia, CanadaFLAVIA VIEIRA Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education and Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

• Preface Introduction: Culture and Learner Autonomy; D.Palfreyman PART I: AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS Becoming Autonomous in an Asian Context; P.Benson , A.Chik & H-Y.Lim Changes in Chinese students' Strategy Use After Arrival in the UK: X.Gao Learner Autonomy as Agency in Sociocultural Settings; K.Toohey & B.Norton PART II: THEORETICAL PERSEPCTIVES Toward a More Systematic Model of L2 Learner Autonomy; R.Oxford Self-access as Access to 'Self'; P.Riley Social Autonomy; A.Holliday PART III: PRACTICAL INTERVENTIONS Pedagogy for Autonomy as (Becoming-) Appropriate Methodology; R.C.Smith Autonomy in a Resource-poor Setting; E.A.G.Fonseka Neither Here Nor There?; K.Schwienhorst PART IV: INSTITUTIONS AND TEACHERS The Representation of Learner Autonomy in Organizational Culture; D.Palfreyman Learning Cultures and Counselling; M.de los A.Clemente Addressing Constraints on Autonomy in School Contexts; F.Vieira Asserting Our Culture; N.Aoki with Y.Hamakawa Postscript: Implications for Language Education; R.C.Smith References Index

'This is an essential collection for anybody interested in learner autonomy. Drawing on perspectives from different cultural and professional contexts, it offers a fresh view of issues in autonomy. One of its particular strengths lies in the way in which it brings together accounts offering direct engagement with personal experience, capturing a sense of the excitement and discovery inherent in this, and more conceptual papers that challenge common assumptions or invite readers to explore and reflect on their institutional contexts more carefully. It makes for an entertaining and informative mix of papers which is rewarding both practically and intellectually.' - Dr Keith Richards, Director, Language Studies Unit, Aston University, UK '...the present volume provides not only a rich overview of culturally mediated instances of learner autonomy but also an eminently practical resource guide for current or prospective teachers...In short, for anybody interested in learner autonomy from a cutural perspective, this book has something to offer.' - Claudia Kunschak, Language Awareness