IMPLEMENTING NUNAN’S AUTONOMOUS LANGUAGE LEARNING MODEL (NALLM) TO EFL STUDENTS OF WIDYATAMA UNIVERSITY
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2014-06-11
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Conference On Professional Development In Education (PDE2014), Widyatama University Indonesia, Open University Indonesia and Open University Malaysia
Abstract
In Indonesia, the efforts to have better outcome in language teaching have been carried out through years
starting from the implementation of audio-lingual method to communicative approach, and from grammar to
language function orientations; on the other hand, students have studied English for at least 9 years from the
third grade of elementary school to the second years of higher education. yet the results still seem
unsatisfactory as they are not able to communicate in English well. Some linguists think that language is too
complex and varied for students to master if they are only limited by learning time in a classroom. Therefore, in
this information and technology era, language teachers need to try to implement the way of teaching - learner
autonomy - especially in higher education due to the fact that all language teachers actually have the same wish
in that they want their students to become autonomous learners who have ability to take responsibility for their
own learning. The autonomous learning is seen as the result of students’ own self-initiated interaction with the
world and who takes a (pro-) active role in the learning process, generating ideas and availing themselves of
learning opportunities, rather than simply reacting to various stimuli of the teacher. In fact, it is definitely not an
easy matter as the language teacher should make their students have ability to set learning goals, monitor the
learning process, and carry out self-evaluation, besides attitude to self-directed learning is frequently conditioned
by educational culture in which students have studied or are studying. This paper tries to elaborate on 1) the
implementation of Nunan’s Autonomous Language Learning Model (NALLM) to the students of Widyatama
University taking Academic English, 2) some difficulties or barriers the teachers and the academic English
students have in implementing autonomous language learning system, and 3) pedagogical implication of those
two for setting better teaching learning process .
Description
Keywords
autonomous learners, learning strategies, self-evaluation, self-directed learning