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they will learn, for what reason they are learning” .“learner autonomy means that the learner has full responsibility and right tochoose what to learn how to learn and when to learn, and to be able to assess”.a. How do you feel about these results?b. To what extent is allowing learners some choice of content and activitiesfeasible in the language centre?Task 3: Involving Learners in Decision-MakingWe asked teachers to say how desirable it was for students to be involved incertain course decisions. The chart shows the percentages of teachers who feltstudent involvement was desirable for each course area.a. How do you feel about these results?b. Which course areas do teachers feel student involvement in is desirable?c. What do these results suggest about the ways in which learner autonomy mightbe usefully defined in the language centre?• Undesirable• DesirableClassroom managementTeaching methodsAssessmentTopicsActivitiesMaterialsObjectives0 20 40 60 80 1000 20 40 60 80 100How desirable is it for learners to be involved in decisions about these issues?Task 4: Teacher RoleDam (2003:135) 4 says that “it is largely the teachers’ responsibility to developlearner autonomy”.%Teacher Beliefs Autonomy | 257