Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning
Vol 11, No 2 (2022)

Empowering Vietnamese EFL Learners at Tertiary Level: Investigating Factors Shaping Learner Autonomy in English Language Acquisition

Thi Anh Nguyen (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)
Tra Huong Nguyen (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)
My Hoang Nguyen (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)
Thuy Trut Phạm (Department of English Teacher Education, Nam Can Tho University)
Thao Thanh Le (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)
Yen Hoang Phuong (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)
Thu Thi Anh Huynh (Department of English Teacher Education, Can Tho University)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Oct 2022

Abstract

This study scrutinizes the viewpoints of Vietnamese students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) regarding determinants impacting their autonomy in English language acquisition. Data was amassed from 117 Vietnamese EFL learners attending a university in Vietnam by using a survey-based methodology. The survey instrument, comprising Likert-type items, was predicated on well-established conceptual frameworks derived from antecedent studies. The study unveiled multiple key influences on learner autonomy, incorporating voluntariness, learner choice, adaptability in study alternatives, peer collaboration, and beliefs about the educator’s role, motivation, capabilities, and independence. These determinants underscore the significance of learners’ active participation, personal agency, social interactions, nurturing learning ecosystems, intrinsic motivation, efficacious learning strategies, and learner empowerment in cultivating learner autonomy. The implications gleaned from these results emphasize the necessity for pedagogical stratagems that encourage voluntariness, learner choice, peer collaboration, teacher backing, motivation, skill enhancement, and learner agency within English language educational environments. These pedagogical stratagems would better equip learners for the autonomous journey of English language acquisition, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of English language education in the Vietnamese context.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

VJ

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

VISION: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, published twice a year, this journal, serving as a forum for the study of language teaching learning in Indonesia and other parts of the world within its local and challenging global context, supports focused studies of particular theme and ...