To Enhance my students' awareness and to foster their autonomy I am following the strategy below, besides I appreciate the guidance of European Common Framework and Portfolio.

 

Learner Autonomy

 

The ELP has a reporting and a pedagogical function.

• Represents information about the owner’s experince of learning and using second/foreign languages and concrete evidence of language learning achievement.
• Helps to make language learning more transparent to learners, developing their capacity for reflection and self-assessment, and thus enabling them gradually to assume more and more responsibility for their own learning. (In this way it serves as a tool for promoting the development of learner autonomy.)

 

Learning depends on partnership. (Little,1991; Dam,1995)

 

Self-assessment and assessment by others should support one another.

 

Lifelong learning implies autonomy for including choices.

 

To Foster Learner Autonomy : I am following the strategy below...

 

Learner Teacher Dialogue

• Dear Everybody Letter  (app. 1)
• Personal Interaction
• Advice on Learning
• Setting and Clarifying the Objectives (app. 2 Syllabus)
• Persuasive Communication

Learning Linguistics Theme

• Last Years Evaluations (app. 3 last year evaluations)
• Views of other learners who experienced the process
• Works of Others ( app. 4 Poems)

Student Evaluation Form

• Keeping Diary
• Self-reports
• Evaluation Sheets
  1. given every two weeks
  2. give possibility fot students to express their views
  3. help them monitor themselves outside the classroom
  4. students are encouraged to see from inside out and the out-of-class dimensions of the tasks and activities.  
• Projects to be done outside the classroom
• Giving the feedback of the exams as soon as possible, not later than 2 days after the exam

 

 Some of the comments my students handed after each class, the comments cover the half term.

 

COMMENT

1. It was good lesson but the subject is very different. We haven’t been taught linguistics like this until this time. This feeling may come from my background.
2. We learnt very new things. I heard a lot of things I hadn’t heard before. But understanding the necessity of this lesson is really hard work. It has real details. But, I beleive that one day I will see the benefit.
3. I like the lesson because the subject was beautiful and different from others, and it was really interesting. Sometimes I hate seeing the same things in lessons.
4. I like the lesson. It was nice to experience a lesson with another teacher, it was also nice to see your real teacher sitting among the students. I beleive she will be a good teacher but I prefer my teacher.
5. I want to admit that I liked this lesson much more than the other. It was funny but at the same time we learnt many things.

                          (Muşerref, HAYEF ELT 2003, İstanbul Uni.)

 

LESSON

 

1. I personally believe, I’ll utilize in advance of the lectures, throughout the term because the lecturer aroused great curiosity towords the lesson, and all his utterances in realtion with the new beginning course were totally worth to be paid attention.
2. This lesson seemed to be a bit developed version of the previous one but I don’t blame anybody for this for sure. Since, the attendance rate was low last week, I think the lecturer wanted to make a second Outlook to the general theme as an introduction to others. Of course, there many other topics which were really interesting and unsual which made the lesson colourful.
3. To be frank, the lesson was not as colourful as the previous ones. Since the topic, the subject (language and brain) was quite scientific, and based upon lecturer’s explanations, we’ve at the cooling of period but the explanations and the given knowledge really made sense.
4. The lesson was well-explained, well-organized and not distracted. The lecturer made much explanations which were coherent, explanatory and in sequence. This lesson was interspersed with exemplifications which were not intricate and helped us to get the hang of the main points.
5. I don’t know why but this lesson was the most appealing and the liveliest one. The subjects were interesting but the lecturer gave mainly Turkish examples to clarify them. If they were in English, too, I think that ; THE LESSON WOULD NOT BE EATEN FROM ITS TASTE! :)) (absolutely Törkiş I know, but it’s just to extend your humorous language)

(Sena, , HAYEF ELT 2003, İstanbul Uni.)   

 

 

  

2. I didn’t suppose that that lesson would be enjoable because it is just a lesson. But I can say taht this lesson will be my favourite lesson. It is both enjoyable and understandable. I can’t say something for the subject itself.

3. I wasn’t interested in the subject bacause it went completely over my head. I can’t remember the names of the part of brain, also functions.

4. This lesson was interesting and enjoyable that I didn’t go out of the subject. Esra Hanım explained the communication precess with beautiful examples.

5. I was intereseted in the lesson this week so much. It was related with the structure of language. Knowing the parts of something which you have to use every moment is exciting and good.

(Gül,  , HAYEF ELT 2003, İstanbul Uni.)