Learning
Paths is
specifically devoted to research and action for promoting learner autonomy. The focus is mainly, but
not exclusively, on second language learning, with ample
opportunities for cross-curricular work.
I believe
that learner autonomy is an on-going process of self-discovery,
in which both teachers and learners are invited to express
and share their thoughts and feelings about what they are learning and how they are learning it.
Learning
Paths aims
to help this process of self-discovery by providing
materials and references. Special Activity pages offer suggestions for individual
and class tasks. Strategic lesson plans focus on strategy activation
in the classroom. Surveys and questionnaires supply ready-to-use tools
for investigating various aspects of the teaching/learning
interface. The Papers section includes some of
the papers I have produced and published in the area
of learner autonomy and related issues.
The
site also offers selected Bibliographies and Links to other dedicated sites.
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A
word about myself
I am a freelance teacher
of English as a second language, a teacher trainer and
a materials writer based in Milan, Italy. I have published
widely on the topics of study skills, learning styles
and strategies, and learner autonomy, and am the author
of cross-curricular materials such as Study Skills through
English, Strategie per Imparare, Portfolio and co-author of Il Portfolio a scuola, all published by Zanichelli,
Bologna. I have also co-authored Stili, strategie
e strumenti nell'apprendimento linguistico. Imparare
a imparare, insegnare a imparare (RCS-La Nuova
Italia, Milano-Firenze), Il Portfolio
delle lingue (Carocci, Roma), English Grammar for
Communication
(Longman, Harlow) and several secondary school courses,
including Flying Start, Go for It! and
Album (Longman,
Harlow) and Choices and On Target
(Zanichelli,
Bologna). My latest publication
is La motivazione a scuola, published by Carocci, Roma. |