Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Watering Can:
Metaphors and
Autonomous
Learning
Darren Elliott
Sugiyama Jogakuen
University
Nagoya, Japan
48th annual
meeting of the
British Association
for Applied
Linguistics Aston
University,
September 4th,
2015
1.
2.
3.
4.
Metaphors
in language
education
Measuring
learner
autonomy
Methodolog
y
Discussion
Metaphor and
Method
grammar
translation is
gymnastics
(Herron, 1982)
communicative
language learning is
computational?
(Nattinger, 1984)
case studies
learning as
growth
(Mahlios et al,
2010)
a
systematic
typology
(Oxford et al,
1998)
conceptualizations
of teaching and
learning
(de Guerrero &
Villamil, 2002)
Could an
analysis
students'
metaphors for
learning provide
an insight into
their propensity
for learner
autonomy?
Can learner
autonomy be
measured?
Technical,
psychological,
politicalphilosophical &
socio-cultural
dimensions of
learner autonomy
(Murase, 2015)
sentence
completion
A teacher is
because
student /
classroom/
learning
semi-structured interview
questions about learning habits
students selected pictures which best fit
their metaphors
Mary
100
75
50
25
0
technical
affective
hierarchical
social
Sarah
100
75
50
25
0
technical
affective
hierarchical
social
language learning
Its not a mountain. We dont have any
end. The sea doesnt have any end, its
really big. And English also.
I like swimming.
Melanie
100
75
50
25
0
technical
affective
hierarchical
social
the teacher
Sometimes I think they are a kind of
god. They are very I respect them so
sometimes I believe all their opinions. I
understand all their opinions dont suit
me. I too much believe them
sometimes.
learning is not
Its not a battle. It doesnt hurt me.
www.livesofteachers.com
http://goo.gl/FS4NQh