Using Autobiographies to Find Evidence of Autonomous Learning among EFL Learners : Case Study : Third Year LMD Students of English at Bejaia University

Abstract

In this study autobiographies were used to find evidence of autonomous learning among EFL learners. It aimed at finding out whether learners have a sense of autonomy in their language learning. The sample of the study consists of five EFL of third year enrolled at Department of English, University of Bejaia. For data collection, we opted for the use of English language learning autobiographies in which the learners narrated their learning experiences in English language learning. This makes our study descriptive since we reported some facts about their learning. The findings disclosed that the sense of autonomy is marked in the learners’ stories