Abstract
With the research on the development of learner autonomy in foreign language education, teacher autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language teacher education. However, it is the most difficult question to define language teacher autonomy and any answer to it is likely to be subjective. On the basis of expounding upon the different definitions concerning the research on teacher autonomy in language teaching and learning, the focus of the present paper is to clarify the connotations of language teacher autonomy and a working definition is made.
Highlights
Autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language education
On the basis of expounding upon the different definitions concerning the research on teacher autonomy in language teaching and learning, the focus of the present paper is to clarify the connotations of language teacher autonomy and a working definition is made
With the research on the roles that language teachers play in promoting the development of learner autonomy, teacher autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language education and teacher education
Summary
Autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language education. As more and more researchers do research on learner autonomy, they come to realize that language teachers play a very important role during the process of the development of learner autonomy. Language teachers need to adjust their roles to help language learners to develop their autonomy, the roles which are expected to be distinct from old ones carried out in the traditional teaching context. With the research on the roles that language teachers play in promoting the development of learner autonomy, teacher autonomy has become a hot topic in the research of foreign language education and teacher education. In this paper, on the basis of expounding upon the different definitions concerning the research on teacher autonomy in language teaching and learning, the focus is upon a working definition for language teacher autonomy
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