What is Learner Autonomy and How Can It Be Fostered? Dimitrios Thanasoulas The Internet TESL Journal 2. What is Autonomy? For a definition of autonomy‚ we might quote Holec (1981: 3‚ cited in Benson & Voller‚ 1997: 1) who describes it as ’the ability to take charge of one’s learning’. On a general note‚ the term autonomy has come to be used in at least five ways (see Benson & Voller‚ 1997: 2): • for situations in which learners study entirely on their own; • for a set of skills
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Canadian‚ eh? Every Canadian community is a gold mine of diverse people‚ cultures‚ traditions‚ and history. Rediscovering their wealth goes to the heart of our Canadian nature. It is the knowledge and high regard of their roots and sense of belonging at home‚ school‚ place of work‚ or place of worship‚ to name only a few‚ that strengthens their feelings of who they are as Canadians. If someone has been described as Canadian‚ it means that he is a part of Canadian society. Canadians are free. They
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88 years ago‚ the United States of America began one of the greatest economic losses it has ever seen. On October 29‚1929‚ or “Black Tuesday”‚ marked the start of the decade long depression. There are clear reasons why the event occurred‚ how it ended‚ and how it affected the common person. On October 29‚ 1929 the worst stock market crash the United States had ever seen began. The crash happened because there was a rapid growth in bank credit and loans in the United States (About the Great Depression)
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soldier’s deaths. It was very hard for soldier’s to get the type of medical care and technology that we have today‚ and difficult to be cured. In this case‚ during World War I diseases were very common and were spread thoroughly. Fighting in the WWI meant being high at risk of death. Soldiers were constantly doing life threatening duties. Deaths numbers were so intense that “after a year and a half of fighting‚ more than 53‚000 Americans died from combat related injuries” (Kinder). If a soldier
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To Nurse in WWII Seventy-one years ago‚ the whole world was focused on the Axis and the Allies in the second world war… But no one paid attention to what was behind the scenes. Imagine‚ you are in the middle of operating on someone‚ and a bomb goes off. To be a nurse in that situation may be extremely different from what you would expect. Being an American Military nurse was very dangerous for multiple reasons. The American Military Nurse Corps was an extremely important part of World
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alliances in Europe‚ the war in itself would have been a different one. With the 1919 Treaty of Versailles‚ the war was officially over and Germany was given full responsibility for the horrors and disasters of the Great War. In this essay‚ we will discuss how and why realists would also blame Germany for the war. Due to uncertainty of other states’ objectives‚ and driven by self-interest to be a regional hegemon‚ Germany clearly pushed for World War One to happen. Because Germany felt encircled by the “understanding”
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Autonomy in Death Physician-assisted suicide is a controversial topic with only a few states having legalized it; however‚ many groups are advocating for its approval. Physician-assisted suicide has ethical limitations that only allow a doctor to prescribe‚ not administer‚ a lethal dose of medication for a patient who has been deemed terminally ill with less than six months to live by two physicians. The prescription allows the patient to choose both the timing and setting of death and the physician’s
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Autonomy is independence‚ particularly from the control of outside forces; it refers to the capacity to act on our choices‚ where these choices are the product of our own goals‚ desires‚ and reasoning powers. Based on the definition‚ I believe that most of society is autonomous. Someone who is unable to act autonomously is a mentally challenged person. They are not able to act autonomously because they do not have the mental capacity to do so. Another example of someone who cannot act autonomously
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Shane Jones-Rust p73 Western Civilizations II How World War I Changed the World World War I took place between 1914 and 1918. Although the conflict began in Europe‚ it roped in countries as far away as the United States and Japan. At the time‚ the English-speaking world knew it as the “Great War”—the term “World War I” was applied decades later. Historians still actively disagree over the fundamental causes of the war. The period leading up to the war was a complex tangle of diplomacy
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preparatory information about procedures that need to be done but also include their patients in decision-making. This is very important in one’s dental career because it allows patients to express their right in accepting or refusing treatment. Patient autonomy is one of the key medical principles; dental professionals should abide by and follow . One way a dentist could achieve this is by agreeing on a hand signal . The patient can stop the dentist at any time during a procedure so they can take a break
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