Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan

It has been pointed out that Taiwanese university students tend to be teacher dependent and not given enough opportunity to make decisions on their own learning when it comes to learning a foreign language (Chu, 2007; Cheng, 2006; Cheng, 2007; Cheng, 2008; Lin, 2009). Moreover, although more and mor...

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Main Author:	Huang, Hui-Fen
Format:	Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Online Access:	http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/1/Huang-Hui-Fen.pdf

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spelling	nottingham-262322017-10-19T13:22:37Z http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/ Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan Huang, Hui-Fen It has been pointed out that Taiwanese university students tend to be teacher dependent and not given enough opportunity to make decisions on their own learning when it comes to learning a foreign language (Chu, 2007; Cheng, 2006; Cheng, 2007; Cheng, 2008; Lin, 2009). Moreover, although more and more Taiwanese universities have established self-access centres, the facility is not widely used by students (Cheng 2008; Cheng 2007). This paper, therefore, proposes that integrating a learner development programme into a self-access centre in a Taiwanese university can be a solution to the issues mentioned above. This paper begins with an introduction of the main purposes of this paper and a description of Taiwanese university students in general. The second chapter reviews the literature on the concept of learner autonomy, reasons of promoting autonomy, the concept of learner development (or learner training, learning how to learn, etc.) and self-access centre. Following the literature review the third chapter gives an account of the context where this learner development programme is suggested to be implemented, the design of this programme and the rationales involved, the procedures of conducting this programme and the rationales involved and finally ends with a discussion on the anticipated problems and possible solutions to these problems. The concluding chapter suggests some implications for Taiwanese EFL teachers and language programme designers to consider. 2010-08-31 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/1/Huang-Hui-Fen.pdf Huang, Hui-Fen (2010) Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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description	It has been pointed out that Taiwanese university students tend to be teacher dependent and not given enough opportunity to make decisions on their own learning when it comes to learning a foreign language (Chu, 2007; Cheng, 2006; Cheng, 2007; Cheng, 2008; Lin, 2009). Moreover, although more and more Taiwanese universities have established self-access centres, the facility is not widely used by students (Cheng 2008; Cheng 2007). This paper, therefore, proposes that integrating a learner development programme into a self-access centre in a Taiwanese university can be a solution to the issues mentioned above. This paper begins with an introduction of the main purposes of this paper and a description of Taiwanese university students in general. The second chapter reviews the literature on the concept of learner autonomy, reasons of promoting autonomy, the concept of learner development (or learner training, learning how to learn, etc.) and self-access centre. Following the literature review the third chapter gives an account of the context where this learner development programme is suggested to be implemented, the design of this programme and the rationales involved, the procedures of conducting this programme and the rationales involved and finally ends with a discussion on the anticipated problems and possible solutions to these problems. The concluding chapter suggests some implications for Taiwanese EFL teachers and language programme designers to consider.
format	Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
author	Huang, Hui-Fen
spellingShingle	Huang, Hui-Fen Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
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author_sort	Huang, Hui-Fen
title	Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
title_short	Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
title_full	Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
title_fullStr	Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed	Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan
title_sort	incorporating a learner development programme into a self-access centre in a university in southern taiwan
publishDate	2010
url	http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26232/1/Huang-Hui-Fen.pdf
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Incorporating A Learner Development Programme into A Self-access Centre in A University in Southern Taiwan

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