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IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG
Pre-conference event in Brighton

Friday 15th April, 2011

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Independence, Issue 53 (autumn 2011)

LASIG Newsletter

Editorial Team
 
Bob Morrison, Simla Course, Natanael Delgado, Diego Navarro & Irena Subić  Jeločnik

Issue 53

   Contents

02  Learner Autonomy SIG  Pre-conference Event 19th March 2012, Glasgow, Scotland
03  From the editors   Bob Morrison, Japan - Simla Course, Turkey - Natanael Delgado, Mexico - Diego Navarro, Japan - Irena Subić Jeločnik, Slovenia
04  Letter from Leni   Leni Dam, Denmark

Stories

05  Letting go: how I learned to hand over to my students the control of their own learning   Sharon Hartle, Italy

Articles

09  Fostering learner autonomy and language tasks through transcription tasks - Simon Cooke, Japan

Conversations

15  Trying to get closer to the life of the learner - Scott Thornbury, USA, & Luke Meddings, UK, with Irena Subić Jeločnik, Slovenia
20  Learner autonomy in the Turkish context: a conversation - Mehmet Boyno, Turkey, & Simla Course, Turkey
23  CALL, self-directed learning and learner autonomy - Mark Warschauer, USA/Japan, with Bob Morrison, Japan

Columns

27  Pathfinder: Transitioning from teaching to advising - Elizabeth Lammons, Japan
32  Tech talk: Using Edmodo to manage and connect a class both inside and outside of the classroom - Keith Barrs, Japan

Reviews

37  Where the lexical story lies: vocabulary notebooks? - Andy Barfield, Japan

Reflections

40  The LA SIG one-day conference, Venice, Italy, September 2011 - Anja Burkert, Austria, & Christian Ludwig, Germany
42  16th World Congress of AILA, Beijing, China, August 2011   Jo Mynard, Japan
45  Pan-Korean English Teachers‘ Association Conference, Pusan, Korea, September 2011 -    Katherine Thornton, Japan, & Tanya McCarthy, Japan
47  The 2011 Nakasendo  Conference, Tokyo, Japan, June 2011   Bill Mboutsiadis, Canada/Japan

50   About the IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG, deadlines for Independence, copyright
51   5th International Independent Learning Association Conference 2012, New Zealand
52   Call for papers for the Learner Autonomy SIG two-day conference, University of Graz,  Austria, June 2012