THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO SHOOTING PROJECT ON LEARNER AUTONOMY
VİDEO ÇEKİM PROJESİNİN ÖĞRENCİ ÖZERKLİĞİ (OTONOMİSİ) ÜZERİNE ETKİLERİ

Author : MELDA YILMAZ TÜLEK -& Derin ATAY
Number of pages : 134-150

Abstract

Development of learner autonomy has been recognized as an important subject in education for a long time as autonomous learners are found to take responsibility for their own learning and make independent decisions. There have been an increasing number of studies conducted to find out the ways of fostering learners’ autonomy, but there are only a few in the field of English Language Education; thus this study aims to promote Turkish EFL learners’ autonomy through a collaborative video-shooting project assigned by the instructor. Data was collected by means of Autonomous Learning Scale (Macaskill &Taylor, 2010) given to the 20 students at the beginning and end of the project and semi-structured interviews conducted with eight randomly chosen students. The results of the study showed that video- shooting project had positive impacts on learners’ autonomy. This project developed students’ language skills and technological skills, promoted their independence of learning eg. intrinsic motivation, taking responsibility for their own learning, self-confidence and ability to deal with new activities and challenges and improved their study habits like managing time and meeting deadlines.

Keywords

learner autonomy, video-shooting project, scaffolding, collaborative working

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