Contributors; General Editor's Preface
1. Introduction: autonomy and independence in language learning, Phil Benson and Peter Voller
Part I: Philosophy and practice
2. The philosophy and politics of learner autonomy, Phil Benson
3. Cultural alternatives and autonomy, Alastair Pennycook
4. An exploration of the relationship between self-access and independent learning, Susan Sheerin
5. Teaching and language learning in self-access centres: changing roles?, Gill Sturtridge
6. Self-access: why do we want t and what can it do?, William Littlewood
Part II: Roles and relationships
7. Does the teacher have a role in autonomous leanguage learning?, Peter Voller
8. The guru and the conjurer: aspects of counselling for self-access, Philip Riley
9. Shooting arrows at the sun: perspectives on a pedagogy for autonomy, Michael P. Breen and Sarah J. Mann
10. Confidence building for classroom teachers, Felicity O'Dell
11. Learner training for autonomous language learning, Edith M. Esch
Part III: Methods and materials
12. Self-access work and curriculum ideologies, Andrew Littlejohn
13. Designing and adapting materials to encourage learner autonomy, David Nunan
14. Involving learners in developing learning methods: exploiting text corpora in self-access, Guy Aston
15. Preparing learners for independence: resources beyond the classroom, Stephen M. Ryan
16. Responding authentically to authentic texts: a problem for self-access language learning?, David Little
17. Providing computerized self-access opportunities for the development of writing skills, John Milton
References. Index.