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5 - Teacher Autonomy and Good Language Teachers

from Part I - Macro Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2020

By
Kenan Dikilitaş
Edited by
Carol Griffiths  and
Zia Tajeddin
Carol Griffiths
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Zia Tajeddin
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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Summary

Chapter 5 defines the concept of autonomy and discusses autonomy as an inherent feature of good teachers. The author then describes small-scale qualitative data collected from language teachers to investigate the relationship between autonomy and good language teaching, before concluding with the role of autonomy in effective language teaching and the potential benefit in engaging in action research as a means of promoting autonomy.

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autonomysustainabilityreflectionlearner autonomyself-directionfreedom
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Lessons from Good Language Teachers , pp. 54 - 66
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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