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Computer information systems and learner independence - a word of caution1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2011

Marie-Noëlle Guillot
Marie-Noëlle Guillot
Affiliation:
University of East Anglia
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Both economic pressure - the need to accommodate ever greater numbers of foreign language learners, the increasing demand for distance education - and the educational desirability of self-directed learning have stimulated a great surge of research and practical interest in learner autonomy. And there is little doubt that information technology will be called upon, is already being called upon, to play a major role in the teaching profession's efforts to encourage foreign language learners towards self-reliance and to capitalize on the present appeal of computers. But what do we mean by ‘self-reliance’. What do we mean by ‘autonomy’? And what is the relationship between computer-induced motivation and learning?

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Research Article
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ReCALL , Volume 5 , Issue 8 , May 1993 , pp. 16 - 20
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Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1993

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