How teachers can

encourage the use of

SALL?

The teacher plays a prominent role as

a facilitators well as provider of
guidance and resources to help
learners to make full use of SALL
materials.it is recommended that
teachers use the following ways to
help learners to develop independent
study habits:
Introduce the concept of SALL and
explain its importance.

Help learners to identify their needs

and decide which areas of the language

they should practice to prevent them
from basing basing their self-directed
learning solely on their interests.
Help learners to set realistic goals.
Familiarize learners with the school`s
self-access facilities so that they know
what types of resources are available
and can choose the ones they like to
work with.

Maintain contact with learners

while they are doing self-access

work, getting them to reflect on
what they have accomplished
and encouraging them to sustain
their efforts.

Help learners to keep records of their

work so that they are well aware of

their own efforts and achievements.
Whenever necessary, check learners
records and make use of them in
evaluating their progress and in
making further contracts with them.
Help learners to acquire the skills and
habits to monitor and assess their own
learning.

How learners can work on SALL?

In SALL, learners play a
leading role. Self-initiation,
commitment and sustained effort are
paramount.

Learners should be encouraged to:

Familiarize themselves with the self-access
facilities and materials so that they know
how to find what they need;
Negotiate with the teacher and decide on
the learning objectives, content and
process;
Take the initiative to consult the teacher, as
through discussion they will gain a better
idea of the goals they should be working
towards and of the possible ways of doing
this;

Carry out learning activities individually or

in groups in their own time;

Monitor their own progress and assess what
they have achieved
Help build up and evaluate SALL materials
in the school; students have a good sense of
what topics they are interested in and what
areas they need to improve; and
Assist in the day-to-day running of the selfaccess facilities, as they are likely to be
more motivated to use the facilities if they
play a part in the operation of the system.

Self assessment
Training learners to reflect on and
evaluate their communicative competence is
a crucial part of the learning process. In
SALL, learners are offered an opportunity to
learn how to monitor, review and assess
their performance. Teachers should build
self-assessment procedures into learning
materials by providing such things as answer
keys to gap-filling exercises, comprehension
questions to better assess themselves.

For example, learners can:

Keep a language learning log or
journal/diary to record and reflect on their
learning experiences;
Keep record of their work in a folder,
reviewing this from time in order to monitor
their progress towards their own targets;
and
Make use of checklists or answer keys to
carry out self and peer assessment. The
latter gives them an extra incentives to try
their best as they have a real audience.

Learners should be encouraged

to see self-assessment as an
ongoing process which enables
them to identify their strengths
and weaknesses, develop a
critical awareness of their
language learning progress and
establish goals for future
development.

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