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Item The development of learner autonomy through internet resources and its impact on English language attainment(Adam Mickiewicz University, 2012) Pawlak, Mirosław; Kruk, MariuszSince the arrival of the Internet and its tools, computer technology has become of considerable significance to both teachers and students, and it is an obvious resource for foreign language teaching and learning. The paper presents the results of a study which aimed to determine the effect of the application of Internet resources on the development of learner autonomy as well as the impact of greater learner independence on attainment in English as a foreign language. The participants were 46 Polish senior high school students divided into the experimental group (N = 28) and the control (N = 18) group. The students in the experimental group were subjected to innovative instruction with the use of the Internet and the learners in the control group were taught in a traditional way with the help of the coursebook. The data were obtained by means questionnaires, interviews, learners’ logs, an Internet forum, observations as well as language tests, and they were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results show that the experimental students manifested greater independence after the intervention and they also outperformed the controls on language tests.Item The development of learner autonomy through Internet resources and its impact on English language attainment(2010-04-06T08:26:06Z) Kruk, Mariusz; Pawlak, Mirosław. PromotorThe main aim of the dissertation was related to the development of learner autonomy by means of Internet resources and its impact on English language attainment. The theoretical chapters of the dissertation are dedicated to providing an overview of some key issues connected with the concept of autonomy, discussing the use of computer technology and the Internet in particular in language teaching and learning as well as presenting a number of empirical investigations of autonomy in language learning that have been conducted in recent years in many parts of the world. The empirical chapters of the dissertation are devoted to discussing issues related to the design and implementation of the research project and its results. The dissertation closes with conclusions and pedagogical implications which include a set of recommendations for the development of autonomy in Polish schools and directions for future empirical investigations.