Key principles of cooperative learning are presented and exemplified. Similarities between groups of students and workplace groups Using cooperative learning techniques, the presenter will summarize and elaborate on similarities between workplace groups and classroom groups. How they may help learners notice the gaps in their interlanguage This paper reports on a study of a learner's identification of her communication strategies during an L2 conversation. The study focused on the learner's communication strategies with a native-speaker tutor. The findings demonstrate the usefulness of the learner's analysis of her own language and how this type of analysis can promote learner autonomy.
Students define objectives, plan programmes and keep reflective logs.
Support is provided through learner awareness-raising, counseling , support groups and auxiliary materials. Such support we feel is the key to successful autonomous learning environments. Our research focuses on changing attitudes and counseling. I will discuss the processes involved in such projects, and the crucial issues of feedback and assessment of their work. The paper addresses the question how and in how far learner autonomy can be achieved in a CALL context.