Autonomous learning in ESP groups at a technical university

At present autonomous learning is increasingly becoming of high priority within the Bologna Process context. The article presents the key principles of such learning. Much attention is paid to autonomous learning in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) groups. The most efficient techniques of autonomous learning are suggested for engineering students. The author considers such technologies as web-quests and debates for autonomous learning and provides some of them for the first and second year students of a technological University.

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