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We are delighted to confirm that the following invited speakers will present keynote addresses and their workshops. The expertise and experience they bring to language learning and learner autonomy will greatly enhance the value of this meeting for all participants:

Leni Dam  Formerly, University College, Copenhagen; now, retired and freelance, Denmark

Presentation:

Developing Learner Autonomy with School Kids – Principles, Practice, Results

Workshop:

Developing learner autonomy: How can we get started?

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David Gardner  The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Presentation:

Looking in and Looking out: Managing a Self-access Centre

Workshop:

How Are We Doing? Evaluating a Self-access Centre

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Terry Lamb  University of Sheffield, UK

Presentation & Workshop:

 Assessment OF or FOR Autonomy? Strategies for supporting   learner development

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Lienhard Legenhausen University of Münster, Germany

Presentation:

Language Acquisition without Grammar Instruction? The Case of Autonomous Learners

Workshop:

The communicative behaviour of autonomous and traditional learners

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Garold Murray Okayama University, Japan

Presentation:

Metacognition and Imagination in Self-Access Language Learning

Workshop:

Integrating Self-Access Language Learning into the Curriculum

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Barbara Sinclair  University of Nottingham, UK 

Presentation:

Towards learner autonomy: fantasy and reality.

Workshop:

Materials design for the promotion of greater learner autonomy in the language classroom

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Richard Smith  University of Warwick, UK

Presentation:

Autonomy and Teacher Development

Workshop:

Autonomy and Teacher Development: Connecting for Possible Change

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Birsen Tütüniş  İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey

Presentation:

 Changing Teacher Beliefs and Attitudes towards autonomous learning

Workshop:

Learner training for autonomous learning strategies: Autonomy and Proficiency interaction

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