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Organization and Coordination of Self-access Language Learning Groups at Soochow University


Author
Chia-Yin Chao
Synopsis

Self-access language learning activities have been a recent focus at many unversity internationally to promote students language abilities. Since 2002, Soochow University Language Center organizes self-access learning groups in order to motivate and facilitate learners to use the English, Japanese, and German language-learning resources available in the Soochow University Self-access Learning Library.

In this case stude, the writer explains how she designed and organized the self-access language groups step by step. The interaction and procedure of coordinating Language center staff, Self-access Learning Library part-time student workers, as well as self-motivated volunteer student/staff group facilitators and participants are explained and discussed.