%0 Journal Article
%T Self-Access Language Learning: Students¡¯ Perceptions of and Experiences Within this New Mode of Learning
%A Herrera D¨ªaz Luz Edith
%J Profile Issues in Teachers` Professional Development
%D 2012
%I Universidad Nacional de Colombia
%X With the aim of fostering autonomy in learning, both innovations, the self-access centre and the mode of learning derived from it, were adopted in the context of the study (Language Centre in the University of Veracruz, Mexico). Based on a case study, I have adopted a qualitative perspective to do this research, which aimed to know how the students undergoing this new English learning mode perceived it and what their experiences were within the no-class courses. The purpose of this article is to present the main themes that emerged after gathering the data for this study. It concludes with suggestions for a more contextualized and critical adoption of innovations in the English as a Foreign Language arena.   En el contexto de este estudio (Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad Veracruzana, M¨¦xico), y con la finalidad de promover la autonom¨ªa en el aprendizaje, se adoptaron dos innovaciones: los centros de autoacceso y el aprendizaje de lenguas en ellos. Bas¨¢ndome en una investigaci¨®n realizada con el fin de conocer c¨®mo perciben y experimentan los estudiantes esta nueva modalidad de aprendizaje de ingl¨¦s, el prop¨®sito del presente art¨ªculo es mostrar los principales temas que surgieron a partir de la colecta de datos. El estudio concluye con la sugerencia de que la adopci¨®n de innovaciones en el terreno de la ense anza de ingl¨¦s como lengua extranjera se haga de manera m¨¢s contextualizada y sea m¨¢s cr¨ªtica.
%K Autonomous learning
%K self-access centre
%K self-access language learning.
%U http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/29061