Eduardo Castro

Kanda University of International Studies, Self-Access Learning Centre (SALC), Faculty Member

Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Letras e Artes, Graduate Student

UFPA - Federal University of Pará, INSTITUTO DE LETRAS E COMUNICAÇÃO, Substitute teacher

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Eduardo Castro is a learning advisor and a lecturer in the Self-Access Language Center at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan. His research interests include learner autonomy, advising in language learning, and the psychology of language learning and teaching. He holds an MSc in Applied Linguistics from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil.

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Self-regulation to develop autonomy in language teacher education: Two case studies in an EFL Malagasy context

AILA Review, 2024

This article reports on a two-phased research study on the promotion of learner autonomy conducte... more This article reports on a two-phased research study on the promotion of learner autonomy conducted in a teaching college in Madagascar. Phase one aimed to help English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pre-service teachers improve their writing and simultaneously develop their self-regulated learning (SRL) skills through journal writing in a bespoke nine-week reflective writing course. The course was designed with the belief that promoting learner autonomy necessarily involves reflection on the learning process, goals, and outcomes of learning, and that successful SRL results in increased learner autonomy. In addition, teachers who have experienced learner autonomy are more likely to promote it in their teaching. The collected data from the course consisted of the participants' journal entries related to each writing task and written reflections on the course, which were submitted to thematic analysis. Phase two took place two years after phase one. Data collection for this phase consisted of Google Form questions and email exchanges that were intended to investigate the longterm impact of the reflective writing course on the pre-service teachers' ways of learning and on their preparation for their teaching practice. To illustrate the impact of the two phases in detail, this article focuses on two case studies. They were chosen because these two participants showed lack of self-confidence and struggles with writing at the beginning of phase one, and yet, were able to develop their SRL skills, in particular, their goal setting and self-evaluation. This paper provides a unique contribution to the field, since not much research has investigated learner autonomy or SRL in education in Madagascar, and few studies have returned to participants after some time to assess long-term impact.

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