Updated January 2023
Following the success of Autonomy You Ask! (2003), another group of Learner Development SIG members came together for a second book project, which was led by Eric M. Skier and Miki Kohyama. More Autonomy You Ask! consisted of 16 chapters, with critical reader responses to the 13 practice-based chapters. The other three chapters featured an introduction by Stephen Krashen, a guest mid-volume chapter by Chitose Asaoka, and a closing commentary chapter by Terry Lamb. The book was published in 2006 in a limited print run. Currently the Learner Development SIG has a few display copies for reference. The full PDF is available for download, as are the individual chapters through the links in the Table of Contents below.
Contents
Acknowledgements & Foreword Miki Kohyama & Eric Skier
Guest Writer Introduction
Chapter 1 The Autonomous Language Acquirer (ALA) Stephen Krashen
Learner Autonomy in Japan, Past and Present
Chapter 2 Learner Autonomy and Education Reform in Japan: Asking the Students – Ellen Head, with critical reader responses by Naoko Aoki and Steve Davies
Inquiry into Language Learners
Chapter 3 Developing Autonomous Habits with Extensive Listening – Matthew Apple, with critical reader responses by Turid Trebbi and Yoko Wakui
Chapter 4 Collaborative Shadowing Activities: Why Collaboration? – Etsuko Shimo, with critical reader responses by Michael Guest and Amanda Bradley
Chapter 4 Developed Autonomy through Self- and Peer Assessment and Reflection: Awareness and Success in Students’ Presentation Skills – Yoko Wakui, with critical reader responses by Sara Cotterall and Brad Deacon & Robert Croker
Chapter 6 Minimizing Oral Apprehension and Stage Fright: A Report on Developing the Oral Presentation Skills of Non-Native Speakers of English – Mark Surma and Miyuki Usuki, with critical reader responses by Hiromi Ishikawa and Nanci Graves & Stacey Vye
Chapter 7 Taking the Teacher Out of the Test: Exploring Student Autonomy in EFL Classroom Testing – Marlen Elliot Harrison, with critical reader responses by Michael Nix and Etsuko Shimo
Guest Writer Mid-Volume Commentary
Chapter 8 Guest Writer Chapter – Chitose Asaoka
Inquiry into Institutional Practices
Chapter 9 Peer Teaching for a Change: It’s in Your Hands – Brad Deacon and Robert Croker, with critical reader responses by Peter Voller and Matthew Apple
Chapter 10 “How do we get hooked?” – What motivated students to commit themselves so fervently into autonomous and collaborative English learning projects? – Yoko Morimoto, with critical reader responses by Juanita Heigham and Steve Brown & Jodie Stephenson
Chapter 11 Fostering Learner Autonomy through Dramatized Role-plays – Denise Haugh, with critical reader responses by Sada Daoud and Yoko Morimoto
Chapter 12 Professionalism is Personal: How Teachers in Japan Help Themselves Develop Through Self-Reflection Practices – Nanci Graves and Stacey Vye, with critical reader responses by Kevin Bodwell and Mark Surma
Chapter 13 Developing Learner and Teacher Autonomy through Student Journaling – Amanda Bradley, with critical reader responses by Daragh Hayes and Marlen Harrison
Chapter 14 Critical Reflection: Developing Teacher and Learner Autonomy through Journals and Class Newsletters – Jodie Stephenson with critical reader responses by Barbara Sinclair and Denise Haugh
Chapter 15 Sebastian’s Journal A Short Story about the Darker Side of Learner Autonomy – Stephen J. Davies, with critical reader responses by June Miliander and Ellen Head
Guest Writer Closing Commentary
Chapter 16 Feeling My Way Through My Thoughts on a Rainy Day – Terry Lamb