Developing English Abilities of Autonomous Learning for Undergraduates in the Environment of Ecological Affordance

Abstract

The research investigates undergraduates’ English abilities of autonomous learning in the environment of ecological affordance. It proves that their abilities are significantly different before and after independent learning in one semester, and they can actively try their own learning strategies and achieve good results in English learning, which reflects the success of cultivating the ability of autonomous learning. And it also holds that it is a good ecological affordance when learners could sense and understand abundant learning resources under their teachers’ effective guidance, and thus arouse enough enthusiasm for English learning to guarantee the quality of College English instruction.

The Effect of E-Portfolio in Project-Based Learning toward Learner Autonomy and Writing Competency

“…One of those skills is writing. Writing involves process and product; the writing process embedded on grammatical, mechanical and organizational ideas in order to develop writing coherently, meanwhile product as a result of the writing process in form of text, letter, essay, and stories (Jianfeng, Raj, & Ai, 2018;Risqiya, Pamungkas, & Inayah, 2017;Song, 2020;Wenden, 1998).…”

Exploring Senior High School EFL Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding Learner Autonomy

“…Associating the desirability of learner autonomy to the importance of English in education, it was found that learner autonomy had significant positive correlation with English language proficiency and learners' learning motivation (Jianfeng, Raj, & Ai, 2018). Cultivating English abilities through autonomous learning has been found effective to build ecological affordances for learners to utilize the existed learning resources which make the learning process more purposeful (Song, 2020). Providing learning situation where learners are given control towards their decision will improve the quality of English language teaching.…”