STUDENT AUTONOMY

what do you think of the role of the learner in the language learning process? Do you think that English language curriculum in Egypt is learner-centered? Would you prefer to run a traditional classroom or a communicative one? Do you agree on spreading 'student autonomy' awareness among language students in Egypt? To what extent is student autonomy important to you? Do you think that Egyptian students have the capacity for critical reflection, decision making and independent action? Do you think that learning is simply a matter of rote memorization? Do you think that the autonomous learner is somebody who is obedient to a law that he prescribes to oneself? Do you think that Egyptian students have insights into their learning styles and strategies? Do you think that knowledge is discovered rather than taught? Do Egyptian students have a tendency towards self-direction and self-evaluation or conventions and restrictions? Do you agree that language learning is simply internalizing sets of rules, structures and forms? Do you think that learning is a process of interaction with social context which can bring about social change? Do you agree that 'student autonomy' is a personal quality? Do you think that autonomous learning is teacher-less learning? If you had the chance, would you prefer to be a counselor and manager of learning resources rather than a purveyor of information? Would you prefer to run a collaborative classroom rather than a competitive one? In your opinion , how can the teacher be autonomous? What do you think of the educational system and the requisite role of the teacher? Do you think that experimenting, making hypotheses and improvising is the best way to master the target language? If students in Egypt took back power in the classroom, would this increase their personal motivation to learn? Do you agree that the self is not something that is ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action? Do you think that autonomous students are academically better than their less autonomous peers? Is schooling typically about doing things to children not working with them? Do you think that there is a future for building a curriculum around both student and teacher input in Egypt? Do you agree that we better balance the power within the classroom and teach our youth how to think instead of what to think? Do you think that student autonomy destroys the system in Egypt? Do you think that students drop out because of the lack in autonomy? Do all students need autonomy? Which is more important: intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation? Would you encourage your students to abandon passive up-take roles? Would you expect resistance by students if you tried a new reform? Do you think that hands-on teaching is sufficient to achieve meaningful student learning? Would you encourage life-long learning? Shouldn't humans be given information which they immediately understand and use. Instead they must construct their own knowledge? What do you think of using the task-based approach in language teaching? Do you agree that education today is searching for a new meaning for the teaching and learning process? How much time does it take students to abandon their long held learning beliefs and practices which foster teacher dependence, authority control, textbook reliance, rote learning and memorization of prescribed syllabuses? Would you prefer individual work or group work? Since technological tools mediate thought, does this mediation heighten traditional thinking in any way, or does it change the nature of the question of inquiry and expression altogether? Which do you think is better: distance education or traditional education?Why? If you were a teacher, would you involve real life examples, facts and cases in your course?