Lisbon 2016

1. Eaquals International Conference, Lisbon, 21 – 23 April 2016
Leave them kids alone!
Kate Kazanovska
A couple of words on learner
autonomy

2. An autonomous learner?

3. Misunderstood 

4. Learner autonomy:
 learners study entirely on their own;
 a set of skills which can be learned and applied in self-
directed learning;
 an inborn capacity which is suppressed by institutional
education;
 the exercise of learners' responsibility for their own
learning;
 the right of learners to determine the direction of their
own learning.
Benson & Voller, 1997

5. Over to you
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO
 Check homework
 Do a test on 2nd and 3rd CONDITIONALS
 Finish our art project
 Read about UNDERWATER CHESS

6. Goals and time management

7. Can YLs be autonomous?
 Stations
 Homework time
 Negotiating the order
of activities
 ‘Setting goals’ when
planning an activity
 Let them take the
initiative

8. What about teachers?

9. And, finally…
What do I know about
___________?
What have I learnt about
__________?
Am I interested in _________?
How much/what else would I
like to know?
What is the absolute minimum
that I need to know… (to pass
the test / to come across as
smart / to make my mum proud
/ …)?

10. Thank you!
Kate Kazanovska
kate.kazanovska@ihmalta.com