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• Title:
  Self-directed learning as related to learning strategies, self-regulation, and autonomy in an English language program: A local application with global implications
• Creator:
  Williamson Hawkins, Melissa
• Description:
  English language tutoring and/or self-access centers are services commonly offered as curricular support to English language program students in educational environments worldwide. This paper argues that the theory of self-directed learning (SDL) from the field of adult education should be considered alongside the equally-important areas of language learning strategies, learner autonomy, and self-regulated learning in the setup of these types of tutoring/self-access academic support centers. The proposition is examined by applying it to a particular case in an English language program of a major research university in the southeastern United States. The paper explicates the commonly-known theory of SDL (Grow, 1991) and relates it to models by put forward by Nakata (2010) and Oxford (2011, 2107). Empirical evidence from studies on encouraging SDL for English language study is summarized from a range of research projects conducted worldwide, and the author concludes by offering implications for educators in any institution-based, adult English language program. 
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2018 Melissa Williamson Hawkins
• Date:
  2018.07.24
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018): Special issue: Language learning strategies: Linking with the past, shaping the future; 445-469;
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Tom 8 Nr 2 (2018): Special issue: Language learning strategies: Linking with the past, shaping the future; 445-469;
  2084-1965;
  2083-5205
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/13225/12926
• Subject:
  self-directed learning;
  language learning strategies;
  self-regulation;
  autonomy;
  adult education;
  English language program
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/13225
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text