Technology advance and volumes of information that people come across make them learn during their whole life. They should be able to meet the requirements rapidly changing world. That puts lifelong learning on agenda as it is a prerequisite for sustainable future professional success. Thus, understandable prepared autonomous which one essential tasks set university education. Students acquire ...

This article describes how a group of Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners were guided through the practice of writing their first academic essays in English. The method applied the principle of scaffolding to the essay writing process by providing flexible support for the learners during the writ- ing their first essays. Scaffolding included a number of aspects, each of which is explained i...

This descriptive study looked into Persian learners’ autonomy and its ties with in-class group dynamics. The participants were undergraduate learners and M.A. students together with their teachers. Data were collected, using a questionnaire, on the participants’ beliefs about autonomy, their autonomous behaviors, and their perceptions of group norms and group cohesiveness. Corresponding teacher...

There are various ways of learning. I would like to listen more to the voices of the learners as individual persons, not only as students of English. I have decided to introduce portfolios into my classes because they can make language learning more visible. One of the perceived advantages of portfolios for students is that they can become autonomous learners. Autonomy, which can be a general e...

Many e-Learning practices don’t care about learner’s motivation. There are elements showing that this is an important factor in learner’s success and that a lack of motivation produces a negative emotional impact. This work is aimed at establishing a survey of motivation literature and proposing a Motivation-Oriented System Design for e-Learning. Psychological theories underline the importance ...

Recent years have seen a growing recognition of the importance of learner autonomy and the role of individual learners in directing their own learning process, both inside and outside the classroom (Alford & Pachler 2007, Benson 2000, Breen 2001, Conacher & Kelly-Holmes 2007). However, in practice it is not always clear how to support learners in this role, and how to ensure they are ready to a...

In today’s competitive global economy characterized by knowledge economics, the concept of knowledge management is becoming increasingly prevalent in academic practices. Web-based technology facilitates knowledge management practices by allowing the dissemination of knowledge and making codified knowledge retrievable. Knowledge sharing is the behavior of disseminating one’s acquired knowledge w...