scholarly journals Landmarks in Self-Access: A Summary of the 6th RILAE LAb Session

2021 ◽  
pp. 177-189
Author(s):  
Jo Mynard ◽  
Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa ◽  
Ena Hollinshead ◽  
Ward Peeters
Keyword(s):  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Recent Event ◽  
Research Institute

The field of self-access has spanned 50 years, and in this report, the authors give a brief overview of a recent event organized by the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) with the theme of ‘Landmarks in self-access’. The authors also make reference to some landmark and recent publications in learner autonomy and self-access that have influenced the field.

Editorial

Relay Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Service Professional ◽  
Research Institute

We are excited to present you Volume 2 Issue 2 of Relay Journal published by the Research Institute of Learner Autonomy Education at Kanda University (KUIS), Japan. The Relay Journal aims to foster a dialogue spanning the globe discussing topics related to learner autonomy. This issue of Relay Journal is dedicated to teacher and advisor education for learner autonomy. The topic is particularly important, since –– apart from some exceptions –– autonomy is not always integrated into curricula for teacher education, and in addition, very few programmes exist for advisor education. Therefore, it is crucial to include opportunities for in-service professional development and reflection on how to foster autonomy and how to support language learners as teachers or as advisors. This can be done in the form of teacher training, mentoring and/or tutoring programmes, action-research, or reflection in- and on-practice.

scholarly journals Reflections on the 7th RILAE LAb Session

2021 ◽  
pp. 391-396
Author(s):  
Amelia Yarwood
Keyword(s):  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Afternoon Session ◽  
Learner Agency ◽  
First Time ◽  
Research Institute

This paper reports on the 7th LAb Session hosted online by the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) on December 3rd, 2021. This LAb session featured 19 presenters, including three invited speakers, from 8 different countries to explore the concepts of autonomy and learner agency. The presenters shared short summaries of research, theoretical conceptualisations and descriptions of practice centered around the theme. Pre-recorded sessions were made available to attendees the day prior, while the live sessions were broken into a morning and afternoon session. This article provides a broad summary of the presentations and my reflections as a first-time co-organiser

Editorial

Relay Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 255-258
Keyword(s):  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Dialogic Process ◽  
Evolution Of Ideas ◽  
Research Institute

Welcome to Relay Journal Volume 1 Issue 2 which is published by the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Japan. We are grateful to all of the authors and reviewers for participating in the dialogic process that has led to the publication of this issue. We hope you enjoy reading not only the final versions of the papers, but also the original submissions and the ensuing comments and responses. The original papers have been retained in order for readers to be able to capture the evolution of ideas facilitated by the dialogue. The PDF versions were then revised based on the comments and ideas that the dialogue stimulated. In fact, we hope that the dialogue and thinking will still continue. This short introduction will briefly summarise the submissions and also include announcements and acknowledgements.

Editorial

Relay Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Keyword(s):  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Teacher Autonomy ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Present Volume ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
High Level ◽  
Research Institute

We are pleased to present Volume 3, Issue 1 of Relay Journal. This journal’s purpose is to promote and disseminate research as well as practices related to learner and teacher autonomy, in various learning contexts around the world. The theme of this issue is research and learner autonomy, which corresponds with the general mission of RILAE (the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education). In late 2019, researchers affiliated with RILAE participated in a forum (Mynard et al., 2020) on this same theme at the 2019 JALT International Conference and subsequently discussed their work in an online LAb session. The enthusiastic response by participants at those events demonstrates the high level of interest in the topic, and the variety of the articles contained in this issue illustrates the diversity of potential research in our field. It is our hope that these articles inspire readers as examples of replicable research or by sparking new ideas for areas of investigation.

scholarly journals Editorial

Relay Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
International Studies ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Research Institute

Welcome to the first issue of Relay Journal which is published by the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Japan. We are so pleased to be able to present this new publication to you, specifically established for the purposes of sharing best practice and new ideas in the area of learner autonomy and all related topics. We hope this will become a thriving, supportive and long-lived site for practitioners and researchers around the world. In fact, we hope it will become a community more than anything; a place where we can learn from each other and advance the field, help learners to learn better, teachers to develop new skills and researchers to gain new insights.

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