The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University
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. Quantit...
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| author | Falah Alzubi, Ali Abbas Mehar Singh, Manjet Kaur Pandian, Ambigapathy |
| author_facet | Falah Alzubi, Ali Abbas Mehar Singh, Manjet Kaur Pandian, Ambigapathy |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | my.usm.eprints.37265 http://eprints.usm.my/37265/ The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University Falah Alzubi, Ali Abbas Mehar Singh, Manjet Kaur Pandian, Ambigapathy P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) 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. Australian International Academic Centre (AIAC) 2017-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37265/1/%28The_Use_of_Learner%29_3444-7393-1-SM.pdf Falah Alzubi, Ali Abbas and Mehar Singh, Manjet Kaur and Pandian, Ambigapathy (2017) The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8 (2). pp. 152-160. ISSN 2203-4714 http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.152 |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Falah Alzubi, Ali Abbas Mehar Singh, Manjet Kaur Pandian, Ambigapathy The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title | The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language
Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory
Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title_full | The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language
Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory
Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title_fullStr | The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language
Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory
Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language
Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory
Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title_short | The Use of Learner Autonomy in English as a Foreign Language
Context among Saudi Undergraduates Enrolled in Preparatory
Year Deanship at Najran University |
| title_sort | use of learner autonomy in english as a foreign language
context among saudi undergraduates enrolled in preparatory
year deanship at najran university |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/37265/1/%28The_Use_of_Learner%29_3444-7393-1-SM.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/37265/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.152 |
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