Language Learning and Teaching In the Self-Access Centre: A Practical Guide for Teachers

This practical guide looks at ways in which teachers can make use of Self-Access Centres (SACs) to enhance their teaching. It deals with a range of topics that teachers new to self-access will need to consider, such as how to link the classroom with the SAC, how to assess self-access learning, and how to best prepare and support their learners outside the classroom. The book summarises the principle findings on teaching and learning in SACs and then offers practical suggestions for activities that will help teachers examine the issues for themselves in their own classroom. The findings and suggestions are supported by quotations from relevant literature and examples are given in many places. This book is written with teachers in mind and is especially useful for those who do not yet have much experience with self-access. It contains many ideas for implementing a learner-centred approach to teaching and to develop learner autonomy through self-access.