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Encarnación Mosquera, Carmelina – HOW, 2022
This research study aims to analyze the learning needs of modern languages students at Universidad del Cauca and their implications on the bachelor's program. These needs were analyzed by exploring students' learning strategies and expectations, standards of competences, and other factors that might be affecting the learning of English and French.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Needs, Second Language Learning
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Jiménez, Patricia Kim – HOW, 2018
This manuscript reports the final findings of an exploratory, descriptive case study that aimed at exploring the perceptions of a group of English as a foreign language students in a public university regarding their English learning and the commitment level through the process. A questionnaire, a survey, and the teacher's diary were the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Public Colleges, Language Attitudes, Case Studies
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Ramírez Espinosa, Alexánder – HOW, 2016
Promoting learner autonomy is relevant in the field of applied linguistics due to the multiple benefits it brings to the process of learning a new language. However, despite the vast array of research on how to foster autonomy in the language classroom, it is difficult to find step-by-step processes to design syllabi and curricula focused on the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Guides, Instructional Design
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Ballén, Diana – HOW, 2014
This article focuses on the way in which technology-based activities may shape and characterize students' awareness of their own learning processes and their understanding of autonomy. The study was carried out at a public university in Colombia. Data collection was done through the implementation of class observations, a survey, and some focus…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing, Mass Media Role
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Cárdenas Espitia, Carlos – HOW, 2010
This article describes an action research project in which the members of a basic English class for adults over 50 at a Colombian public university undertook the mission of discovering their potentialities as autonomous learners. By means of the reflective use of the language portfolio, the members of this course guided the planning and execution…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Empowerment, Action Research, Student Projects