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1、st1AnnualInternationalInterdisciplinaryConference,AIIC2013,24-26April,Azores,Portugal-Proceedings-PROMOTINGLEARNERAUTONOMYINFOREIGNLANGUAGELEARNINGBYUSINGSTUDENTJOURNALSLulzimeKamberi,PhDStateUniversityofTetova,RepublicofMacedoniaAbstract:Thispaperreportsonastudyc
2、onductedatSEEU(SouthEastEuropeanUniversity)inRepublicofMacedoniapromotinglearnerautonomyinlanguagelearningbyusingstudentwritinginanEFLcourse.Toencouragemystudentstowardsindependentlearning,improvetheirwritingskillsandextendtheirEnglishlanguageproficiency,Ihaveintr
3、oducedjournalwritingintomysyllabusyearsago.Thestudywasconductedacrossonesemester,intheyear2012.Acknowledgingconveniencesampling,the31subjectswhoparticipatedinthisstudywerestudentsfromtheEnglishDepartmentoftheLanguagesCulturesandCommunicationFaculty.Journalswerecol
4、lectedatregularintervalsandsubjectedtoamodifiedcontentanalysis(Fraenkel&Wallen,2003)toidentifythemainthemesrelatedtolearnerautonomyandstudentexperiences.Semi-structuredinterviewswithvolunteerswereundertakentosubstantiatetheessentialfindingsofthecontentanalysis.Key
5、Words:Autonomy,EFL,journals,reflections,studentsIntroduction:IntheDictionaryofLanguageTeaching&AppliedLinguistics,autonomyinlearningisdefinedas“theprinciplethatlearnersshouldbeencouragedtoassumeamaximumamountofresponsibilityforwhattheylearnandhowtheylearnit”(p.297
6、);Furthermore,journalwriting,accordingtoHarmer(2008),“makesusreflectonwhathashappened,whatwethinkorhowwefeel”(p.126).Nevertheless,autonomyinlanguagelearningisarelativelynewconceptoflanguagelearninginthewesternBalkans,therefore,itissometimesdifficulttoengagelearner
7、sinautonomouslearningsinceithasnotbeenpartoftheircultureandtheireducationalbackground.Toencouragemystudentstowardsindependentlearning,improvetheirwritingskillsandextendtheirEnglishlanguageproficiency,Ihaveintroducedjournalwritingintomysyllabus.Journalshaveshowntob
8、everyusefulinEFLteachingandlearningsincetheynotonlyareverymotivatingforstudentsKamberi(2010),butcontributetotheirlanguageproficiencygiventhatstudentsrev
