A Revised Survey on Autonomy Awareness of Foreign Language Learners in China
- 1 Eastern Institute of Technology Data Science and Communication College, Zhejiang Yuexiu University, Shaoxing, China
Abstract
As a goal of education and an effective approach to educational practice, learner autonomy is an integral part of learning of any kind. This survey aims at firstly confirming the results of previous study in the literature, and secondly disclosing more besides the existing results. Simulating the previous study on autonomy awareness made by the same author, this survey not only collects the attitudes of 80 college students by using the same questionnaire as previously, but also investigates the comments of 40 teachers, which is not included in previous studies. In addition, reflective self-reports by 4 of the students are also studied in this survey. This survey indicates that the results of previous studies are confirmed. However, it also shows that Chinese learners are ideologically ready but behaviorally not for autonomy in language learning. Four suggestions are put forward to foreign language teachers in China.
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