Learner autonomy

Zájmová skupina (SIG) zaměstnanců Centra jazykového vzdělávání na MU

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Autonomy in learning is a crucial component if the learning process intends to be successful. The formal education, however, does not usually give much space and support to learner autonomy. It tends to be limited by large numbers of learners and/or by extensive amount of learning content that has to be covered within the curriculum. In foreign language learning, the focus on developing communication skills requires even more attention paid to the needs of individual students and their learner autonomy. Thus, our Special Interest Group is devoted to various forms of supporting learner autonomy in language learning.

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Zde naleznete informace k připravovaným akcím, které k tématu učební autonomie doporučejeme.

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Výstupy

Sdílíme výsledky naší výzkumné práce v oblasti podpory učební autonomie.

Články a kapitoly v odborných publikacích

  • ŠINDELÁŘOVÁ SKUPEŇOVÁ, Martina. A Stitch (of Self-regulated Learning) in Time Saves Nine. Humanising Language Teaching. Oxford: Pilgrims, 2023, roč. 25, č. 1, 5 s. ISSN 1755-9715.
  • CHOVANCOVÁ, Barbora, Joseph LENNON, Anjuli PANDAVAR, Martina ŠINDELÁŘOVÁ SKUPEŇOVÁ, Eva RUDOLFOVÁ and Lenka ZOUHAR LUDVÍKOVÁ. Riding the Waves of Autonomy: Language Counsellors’ Reflections at Masaryk University Language Centre. In Ludwig, C., Tassinari, M.G., Mynard, J. Navigating Foreign Language Learner Autonomy. Hong Kong: Candlin & Mynard ePublishing Limited, 2020. p. 38-103. Autonomous Language Learning Series. ISBN 978-0-463-56990-0. 

  • TRÁVNÍKOVÁ, Petra. Language Learning Histories – What Do They Tell Us About Our Students’ Learning? Humanising Language Teaching. 2023, č. 1. ISSN 1755-9715.

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Členové

Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová

Koordinátorka

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Více o Martině

Martina is an English language lecturer at Masaryk University Language Centre, she is also a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Education. She is especially interested in promoting and fostering learner autonomy in various teaching and learning scenarios, she has been contributing to the English Auotnomously project from its beginning. Her Ph.D. research project is focusing on investigating the influence of language advising on autonomy development.

Joseph Lennon, Ph.D.

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More about Joe:

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Mgr. Eva Rudolfová

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Více o Evě

Eva leads the Masaryk University Language Centre team at the Faculty of
Informatics. She was first interested in Soft Skills and how these can be used in and for language learning. Later, her focus moved more to Emotional Intelligence and also Learner Autonomy, as the Language Centre opened an English Autonomously Course for its students.
She has been on the team from the beginning, both as a teacher and a counsellor as for her, autonomy is one of the crucial aspects for effective learning. She is also an ardent ambassador of life and transferrable skills. Her key concept in her professional career is authenticity.

Mgr. Marcela Sekanina Vavřinová, Ph.D.

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Více o Marcele

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Mgr. Martina Malášková, Ph.D.

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Více o Martině

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Mgr. Anna Bízková Doleželová

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Více o Anně

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Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Trávníková, Ph.D.

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Více o Petře

Petra has been a member of the LA team from the very beginning. She has taught mainly seminars focused on grammar and popular culture, e.g. sit-coms. She has also enjoyed giving individual counsellings to a number of students from all over MU. As she has become an autonomous learning enthusiast and based on her inspiration from the English Autonomously course, she has applied some of its principles and methods also in her standard EAP classes at the Faculties of Arts and Social Studies, mainly in her courses on presentation skills. For example, her students conduct an analysis of their language skills and design a plan for the upcoming semester focused on their individual needs, they keep a self-reflection journal where they describe the process starting with their language learning history, or have short individual meetings with her to discuss their goals. She has also benefited from exchanging experience with autonomous learning programmes at the Universities of Helsinki and Paderborn.

Mgr. Barbora Chovancová, Ph.D.

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Více o Barboře

Barbora Chovancová teaches English for Legal Purposes at Masaryk University Language Centre. She holds a PhD in English linguistics, having specialized in pragmatic aspects of courtroom interrogation. Apart from her extensive experience in ESP teacher training, she has also been active in the area of designing and developing ELT materials. Her professional interests include mediation as a language skill, counselling, and promoting autonomous learning in and outside the classroom.

Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D.

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Více o Štěpánce

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Mgr. Mirjana Georgieva Slavíková

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Více o Mirjaně

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