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From https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com

Our InterCom theme for February is student-centered learning. Here's a helpful blog post with suggestions for building learner autonomy, a critical component of learner-centered instruction.

The suggested strategies are as follows: 
1. Build upon the students’ prior knowledge
2. Choose engaging contexts and topics
3. Create flexible tasks 
4. Keep it active! 
5. Go cooperative
6. Encourage students to take risks
7. Allow choice
8. Get students to reflect on their learning…
9. …so that they can assess themselves
10. Explain why you do what you do 

Read the full blog post for a fuller explanation of each point: https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/10-ways-to-encourage-learner-autonomy/