The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University

Autor/inn/en	Alzubi, Ali Abbas Falah; Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar; Pandian, Ambigapathy
Titel	The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8 (2017) 2, S.152-160 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Locus of Control; Metacognition; Teaching Methods; Learning Strategies; Personal Autonomy; Males; Statistical Analysis; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Individuelle Autonomie; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Statistische Analyse; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This paper explores the current practices of learner autonomy among Saudi undergraduates at Preparatory Year, Najran University. The Short List questionnaire developed by Dixon (2011) was administered to measure the use of autonomous learning in English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Quantitative data were gathered from 208 male students in level one. The results of the data analysis showed that the participants experience a low level of learner autonomy (LA) in English language. While the LA dimensions of linguistic confidence, social comparison, and locus of control are considered a weakness for the participants, they had medium averages in information literacy, metacognition, and self-reliance dimensions. Therefore, the study suggests the need for pedagogical treatments like the strategy use instruction to develop LA in the Saudi EFL context. (As Provided).
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