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Revealing Shifts And Diversity In Understandings Of Self Access Language Learning, John L. Adamson, Howard G. Brown, Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This study has traced the growth of a new facility intended to promote independent language study in a Japanese university. The study traces this Self Access Learning Center (SALC) from its inception through the first two years of its development. It has revealed how key qualitative insights from an archive of semi-structured interviews, conversational narratives and questionnaires with students, teachers, center staff and university management are marked by their shifting and diverse nature. Findings related to language policy for the center show how initial ‘English only’ regulations have been opposed and amended by stakeholders. Findings focusing on the center stakeholders’ …