The agency in university students during their English learning

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31391/S2007-7033(2020)0055-006

Keywords:

English learning, sense of agency, meaningful experiences, agency markers

Abstract

This article presents how the university students’ sense of agency arises throughout their English learning. In order to understand the emergence of the sense of agency in the students, a qualitative research was performed in two complementary phases. The students narrated their experiences through digital stories in the first stage and during deepening interviews in the second. The sense of agency is approached from students’ experiences inside and beyond the classroom. The research results explain that the interaction between the students’ intra and interpersonal dimensions, and the contextual structure of their experiences turn them meaningful.

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Author Biographies

Mónica Castillo Delgadillo, Universidad Panamericana sede Aguascalientes

 

Doctora en Educación por la Universidad Iberoamericana León. Docente en la Universidad Panamericana Aguascalientes. Líneas de investigación: el sentido de agencia de los estudiantes universitarios y sus experiencias en el aprendizaje del inglés.

 

María Susana Cuevas de la Garza, Universidad Iberoamericana sede León

 

Doctora en Educación por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). Coordinadora de la maestría en Diseño de Proyectos Educativos Virtuales de la Universidad Iberoamericana sede León. Líneas de investigación: trayectoria escolar de estudiantes universitarios, habilidades de pensamiento, práctica docente y currículo. 

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Published

2020-08-21

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No. 55 (2020): Non-academic learning in educational practices

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Thematic research

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