Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2008
An Innovative Approach to Developing Learner Potential and Autonomy: Moving from Narrow to Broad Perspectives
Atsuko Kikuchi
Abstract:
This paper’s objective is to introduce the strategies employed in the “Narrow to Broad Perspectives (NBP)” approach to second language learning designed by the author to develop autonomous language learning and learner potential. Several stages are incorporated into each lesson to illustrate the interrelatedness and gap between the narrow and broad perspectives. The teaching emphasizes that it is significant to view things from a broadened perspective since broadening our personal dimensions as well as those of others dynamically causes some change in ourselves and the world. The NBP approach may generate positive changes in attitude to learning English and learner potential.