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Independence, Issue 40 (Spring 2007)

LASIG Newsletter 


From the Editor

In this celebratory edition (see Carol Everhard’s message for why!) we investigate  the early years of the SIG, and reproduce the entire first (four-page) issue of Independence, as  well as an article by Marion Geddes originally written to commemorate the SIG’s tenth  anniversary in 1996. Bringing us up to date, there’s also a report on last year’s JALT  Conference by Jo Mynard, a number of interesting  pieces by esteemed contemporary worm  keepers, and regular features including ‘Self-access around the world’, ‘Learning matters’  (featuring a sheep – and a bear),  another ‘Autonomy: My Story’, and news of upcoming publications and events. Please send me your own contributions, queries, comments, news and  reminiscences for the next, summer edition (deadline for copy June 15th), which will continue  to combine the best of the old with the newest of the new!   
 
Richard Smith

Contents

From the SIG Coordinators
Carol Everhard and Jo Mynard
2
From the Editor Richard Smith 3
Articles


The birth and early years of the IATEFL Learner Independence SIG
Richard Smith
4
Independence no.1 reproduced

5
Learner independence as an alternative to classroom-based courses
Marion Geddes
12
Report on the JALT Conference 2006
Jo Mynard
16
Regular Columns

Progress of the Worms (3)

17
Counselling/Advising Sarah Toogood;
Sara Cotterall;
E. Desirée Castillo Zaragoza;
Mia Victori 
19
Learner training
Gail Ellis 26
Motivation Martin Lamb;
Tim Murphey
28
Teacher Autonomy
Manuel Jiménez Raya;
Leslie Bobb Wolff
32
Self-access around the World (3)
Soochow University, Taiwan
Ya-Li Shih
37
Learning Matters Russell Whitehead
40
Autonomy: My Story (2)
Jörgen Tholin
43
Book Review
Androulla Athanasiou
44
Forthcoming publications

46
News from other Networks 48
Upcoming conferences 49
About the Learner Autonomy SIG
51
Contributing to Independence
52
Upcoming LA SIG Events

54