Realizing Autonomy

1. Realizing Autonomy: Contradictions in Practice and Context
Alison Stewart, Kay Irie

Part I. Goals and Frameworks

2. Learner Autonomy for International Students: Evolution of a University JSL Program
Tomoko Ikeda, Nobuko Saito, Shoko Ieda

3. Experimenting with Autonomy: Learners Teaching Learners
Christopher Wharton

4. Introducing a Negotiated Curriculum
Philip Shigeo Brown

5. Creating Space for Learning: Language Learning Materials and Autonomy
Masuko Miyahara

Part II. Strategies and Scaffolding

6. Learner Development Through Listening Strategy Training
Joseph P. Siegel

7. Transformative Learning in Action: Insights from the Practice of Journal Writing
Chika Hayashi

8. Scaffolding Economics Language and Learning with Case Studies
Colin Rundle

9. The Truth of the Tale: Reconceptualizing Authority in Content-Based Teaching
Martha Robertson

Part IV. Problems and Possibilities

10. Creating a Writing Center: Autonomy, Interdependence,and Identity
Peter Cassidy, Sandra Gillespie, Gregory Paul Glasgow, Yuko Kobayashi, Jennie Roloff-Rothman

11. Who, What, How? Autonomy and English through Drama
Sue Fraser

12. Positive Interdependence for Teacher and Learner Autonomy: The Case of the CARTA Program
Hideo Kojima

13. Parallel Blogging: Explorations in Teacher and Learner Autonomy
Darren Elliott

Part IV. Problems and Possibilities

14. “Nothing to Worry About”: Anxiety-reduction Strategies in Harry Potter’s Class and Mine
Naoko Harada

15. Responding to Video Journals: Rethinking the Role of Feedback for Learner Autonomy
Colin Skeates

16. Listen to Students’ Stories: Promoting Learner Autonomy through Out-of-Class Listening Activities
Fumiko Murase

17. Practical Frustration Busters for Learner and Teacher Autonomy
Nanci Graves, Stacey Vye

Keywords: Education, Language Teaching, Linguistics, general, Language Education, Literature, general, Japanese, Translation Studies