Learner autonomy in an EFL context : a study of undergraduate learners’ readiness for autonomous learning at Bejaia University

Abstract EN

The study described in this paper stemmed from the desire to examine the assertion that students at the department of English-University of Béjaia, lack the necessary skills to be engaged in autonomous learning.

Many teachers share the opinion that their students are passive, dependent and lacking initiative.

However, these opinions are anecdotal ; only based on teachers’ observations, and not on empirical evidence.

This investigation, then, aimed at looking closely to what extent those students are ready to be involved in autonomous learning.