Alvyda Liuolienė

Students’ Learning through Reflective Journaling

The aim of the article is to get acquainted with the types of journals used in education to help students to learn. The paper presents some ways of fostering student’s learning through reflective journaling. It also describes the key aspects of a new method ARRIVE cycle in connection with teachers preparation to use reflective journals in a classroom. The article also presents self-assessment in reflective journaling and students’ need to self-evaluate their learning process. Reflective journaling as central to students’ self-evaluation is described as a means of fostering metacognition.

STUDENTO SAVARANKIŠKOS VEIKLOS UGDYMO KRYPTYS

During the recent years researchers have showed great interest in the individualized studies of a foreign language, self- directed learning. In this respect, a student has appeared in the centre of a learning process, his/ her needs have been taken into account. The results of literature review provide enough proof that autonomous students need teachers’ control at a certain stage of the learning process. Therefore, awareness of this fact should assure that teachers’ role can change but its importance remains even giving full responsibility to a student. The present research is aimed at analyzing trends of the development of students’ autonomous activities. The results of the study prove that students are willing to take full responsibility for their studies, though they need a formal assessment of their progress which is usually done by a teacher. Study results also show that the more autonomy the students were given, the more autonomy they wanted in the future.