A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education
In our current information societies, opportunities for innovative language teaching methodologies are plenty, yet we continue to teach languages as we did centuries ago. In this paper, I conduct a critical review of the history of language learning, the institutionalization of language education, a...
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| description | In our current information societies, opportunities for innovative language teaching methodologies are plenty, yet we continue to teach languages as we did centuries ago. In this paper, I conduct a critical review of the history of language learning, the institutionalization of language education, and the information revolution in order to unveil the structural and material factors that limit methodological innovation and hinder the development of learner autonomy, critical thinking, and life-long learning. Based on this review I further argue that scarcity and the system’s rational functionality are the root problem as well as the foundation of traditional language teaching. The conclusions of this paper offer a critical assessment of the possibilities as well as necessary conditions for the development of truly innovative methodologies and education reform. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-88a29eccf9384b92a438acc0f76e1dbf2025-08-20T02:19:54ZengKanda University of International StudiesStudies in Self-Access Learning Journal2185-37622022-09-01133332346https://doi.org/10.37237/130303A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language EducationSantiago Betancor-Falcon0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-0654University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainIn our current information societies, opportunities for innovative language teaching methodologies are plenty, yet we continue to teach languages as we did centuries ago. In this paper, I conduct a critical review of the history of language learning, the institutionalization of language education, and the information revolution in order to unveil the structural and material factors that limit methodological innovation and hinder the development of learner autonomy, critical thinking, and life-long learning. Based on this review I further argue that scarcity and the system’s rational functionality are the root problem as well as the foundation of traditional language teaching. The conclusions of this paper offer a critical assessment of the possibilities as well as necessary conditions for the development of truly innovative methodologies and education reform.https://sisaljournal.org/archives/vol13/sep22/betancor-falcon/learner autonomyself-accesslanguage learningself-directed learninglife-long learning |
| spellingShingle | Santiago Betancor-Falcon A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal learner autonomy self-access language learning self-directed learning life-long learning |
| title | A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education |
| title_full | A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education |
| title_fullStr | A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education |
| title_short | A Critical History of Autonomous Language Learning: Exposing the Institutional and Structural Resistance Against Methodological Innovation in Language Education |
| title_sort | critical history of autonomous language learning exposing the institutional and structural resistance against methodological innovation in language education |
| topic | learner autonomy self-access language learning self-directed learning life-long learning |
| url | https://sisaljournal.org/archives/vol13/sep22/betancor-falcon/ |
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