0 a method of learning in which students use books, videos, etc. to study on their own: --
self-access material
This can cause problems integrating a self-access center due to political and institutional constraints.
The proliferation of self-access centres in the 1990s was motivated by a complex combination of economic, technological and educational concerns and presented both opportunities and dilemmas for teachers favouring autonomy.
Linked with this difficulty is the wide range of skills, topics, and levels that self-access resources cater for, making it difficult to have a precisely defined list of criteria.
Practical applications focused on self-directed learning and led to the development of self-access centres and learner training as focal points for experimentation.
In this context, self-access centres were initially viewed as a radical alternative to the classroom.
Starting with the premise that evaluation criteria for self-access resources are different from those developed for classroom materials this study worked through two stages.
Her research includes self-access learning, web-based learning, reading comprehension, second language acquisition, and teacher education.
His other interests include critical applied linguistics, self-access learning and language testing.
