Vietnamese students’ self-direction in learning English listening skills

Students' Perspectives towards Self-Directed Learning out of Classroom

“…Many experts define the term SDL, but most well-known definition is proposed by [2,4,5,6,8] in 1975 who defined SDL as the process in which the learners are able to actively take initiative and responsible for their learning such as to understand their needs, formulate their goals, determine appropriate resources, decide strategies of learning, and evaluate their learning outcome. [4] stated that classroom is regarded as the "backbone" of language learning but in fact, many students who are successfully master the language are the students who have studied independently.…”

“…[4] stated that classroom is regarded as the "backbone" of language learning but in fact, many students who are successfully master the language are the students who have studied independently. In this case, independent students refer to SDL which has been explained by [5] said that basically the term SDL is based on learning autonomy which refers to "the learners' capacity to take control over their own learning".…”

“…There is a list of skills suggested by [4] in order to learn a language successfully such as planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating. Meanwhile, planning is the basic step consisting of diagnosing needs, analyzing current skills, formulating goals, deciding resources, and planning what to do next.…”

“…This study is conducted based on the interest on [2] and [4] argumentation who observed that autonomous learners are more likely to be successful language learners. This study then attempts to investigate how the students in senior high school perceive SDL.…”

“…First, a study conducted by [4] concerning on investigating Vietnamese students' self-direction in learning English focused on the listening skills. This study used quantitative data analysis from questionnaires distributed to both teachers and students.…”