1. Other ways of supporting
learners
Luis David García Solano
Diana Ivette Tapia Fernández

2. While promoting learner´s autonomy
• Teachers have an important role in
supporting learners.

3. Self instruction
• Learners’ autonomy:
– Self help groups
– Study buddy
– Learning exchanges

4. Self study groups
• Self instruction does not entail isolation
• Students working with peers toward similar
ends, struggling with similar problems.

5. Self study groups
• Learners prefer to be members of an
identifiable group with a tutor in change of
such group.
• Easy to get sub-groups for activities such
as essay writing or oral interaction
activities.

6. A study group won´t work for:
• Seminars
• On specific needs analysis
• Completing personal learning contracts
• Learner training
• Students with different schedules

7. Study buddy
• Student with similar objectives and level
• Support
• Interaction tasks

8. Learner exchanges
• Contact with a native speaker of the target
language.

9. References
• Dickinson, Leslie. 1987. “Self-instruction
in Language Learning”.