| AUTO-L
Report by Sergio Valdivia
"Since I took over the coordination of AUTO-L, the Discussion List of the AILA-Research Network (ReN) on Learner Autonomy in Language Learning, in the Summer of 2006, there have been three main discussion sessions: one on "Autonomy and Evaluation", one on "Autonomy and Culture" and our on-going discussion on "Autonomy and Teacher Education". Each on of them has given our community the opportunity to share insights, opinions, references, studies, research and realities' in the promotion of learner autonomy around the world in all sorts of educational settings. Our List combines full-time researchers, textbook writers, SAC advisors, PhD students, administrators, policy makers and many language teachers at very different stages of development which makes our list a non-elitist virtual space in which everyone has a voice and something valuable to share.
One of the goals of our List is to further grow (over 500 members at the moment)
and be of good use for the vast majority of our members - for the active and for
the silent readers, as well. Although, our discussions are hosted by our members,
our list is open for everyone to share. It is, for many, a first forum for finding
resources, collabrators and support. It aims at being a source of information of
the academic activity round the world and a special tool for pre-while-post ReN
academic events in the year."
Sergio Valdivia can be contaced at [email protected]
You can join this discussion list by sending an e-mail to Anita Wenden at
[email protected]
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