Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2007

Full Length Research Paper

The differences in the conceptualizations of autonomy by English language instructors regarding some variables

Oya BUYUKYAVUZ
  • Oya BUYUKYAVUZ
  • Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Education, English Language Teaching Department, 32260 Isparta, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 29 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 November 2014
  •  Published: 10 December 2014

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