1976 Cambridge Seminar Report

Harding-Esch, E.M., ed. (1977) Self-Directed Learning and Autonomy. Report of a Seminar held at Cambridge, 13-15 December 1976. University of Cambridge, Department of Linguistics and CRAPEL. (Mimeo)

[Notes: Reproduced here with the permission of Edith Esch. Relocated from Phil Benson's Autonomy in Language Learning 'Archive' web-page, with Phil's permission.]

Contents and Editor's Preface 

John Trim - Some possibilities and limitations of learner autonomy 

Leslie Dickinson - Autonomy, self-directed learning and individualised instruction 

Caroline Stanchina - Autonomy at work with adults 

Edith Harding-Esch - Of some limits to autonomous programmes in language learning 

Philip Riley - On preparing adult learners for autonomy: problems and technique 

Martin Phillips - Freedom and control in language learning techniques 

John Galleymore - Self-tutoring and assisted self-tutoring in modern languages at The University of Aston 

Sheila Innes - The evaluation of BBC language courses with particular reference to "Kontakte" and "Ensemble" 

Bibliography and list of participants