Publisher's Synopsis
Self-access centres provide access to language education, offering foreign language programmes to ever-increasing numbers of learners. This book discusses a range of theoretical and practical issues related to the setting up of self-access centres.;The text maintains that each self-access centre depends on its ability to respond to its users in a dynamic way and to meet their expectations of language and language learning. Technology can offer a variety of support systems, enabling learners to become more independent and take more responsibility for their own learning, inside and outside the centre.;Written for educators setting up or already running self-access centres (whether in higher or further education, or in industry), the book reflects the international experience of the contributors.
