Autonomy in Language Education:

Autonomy in Language Education offers a holistic overview of and novel contribution to a complex and multifaceted, yet under-studied, field of inquiry that is transforming language pedagogy: It offers nineteen original chapters that critically analyze the impact of Henri Holec's seminal 1979 book Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning unpack theoretical, empirical, conceptual, methodological, ethical, and political developments over the last forty years from many perspectives explore practical implications for teaching, learning, and teacher education and suggest future avenues and challenges for research and practice in this broad, diverse, essential field.