As EFL teachers we often find difficulty in promoting autonomic learning, since we suffer from large classrooms. Sometimes it's something like 75 student per-class.
Hello,
Classroom dynamism has changed and there is need for catering to autonomous learning or self directed learning. To achieve this goal, teachers should do their best to minimize the so-called psychological angst and maximize learner motivation. This is only possible through activating cooperative learning techniques and using task based language teaching with teachers acting as facilitators and playing a supportive role.
Best regards,
R. Biria
Here's something that worked for me when I taught a large section of World Religions this semester. In the section on Confucianism, I took a stack of index cards and, on each one, I wrote a saying from the Analects of Confucius. I began class by presenting a ten-minute overview of the Analects. Then I distributed the index cards so that everyone had one. I told each student, "Your job is to figure out how to interpret this saying. I'll give you four to five minutes to think things over. Afterwards, I'll go around the room and ask you to share your interpretation of the saying and how you arrived at that interpretation with the rest of the class." This forced each student to learn on their own, and it allowed students to drive the learning that occurred in the classroom for most of the period.
It sounds helpful.. thanks alot and I will defiantly give it a try.
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