Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes

By focussing on the physical and virtual space of a Language Resources Centre and the development of a wide set of digital literacies skills, this article discusses the SotonSmartSkills (Mar-Molinero & Lewis, 2014) programme developed at the University of Southampton, UK. Through a wide range of...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Mar-Molinero, Christian Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kanda University of International Studies 2016-06-01
Series:Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
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Online Access:https://sisaljournal.org/archives/jun16/mar-molinero_lewis/
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description By focussing on the physical and virtual space of a Language Resources Centre and the development of a wide set of digital literacies skills, this article discusses the SotonSmartSkills (Mar-Molinero & Lewis, 2014) programme developed at the University of Southampton, UK. Through a wide range of scaffolded courses designed to support the transition to the learner autonomy required of students in Higher Education, the programme equips students with skills, strategies, techniques and tools vital for success in their language learning (for international students) and more generally, in their academic achievement and professional life. In this paper we illustrate this initiative with the specific example of an integrated SotonSmartSkills module on our Pre-Sessional English programmes
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Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes
Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
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independent learning
flipped learning
learner autonomy
digital literacies
title Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes
title_full Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes
title_fullStr Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes
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title_short Developing “SotonSmartSkills”: A Reflection on Scaffolded Independent Learning Programmes
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topic Language Resources Centre (LRC)
independent learning
flipped learning
learner autonomy
digital literacies
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