Sunday, September 5, 2010

I learned an unfamiliar word

Last night I read an article titled, "Language learning in the library" which was published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship. What interesting about this article is that the author named the self-initiative ESL students as "self-directed" students. It is a term I haven't heard before and I am sure that I won't be able to find the definition in Oxford University Dictionary.

"Self-directed" refers to the ESL students who use the library not because they are asked to do so by the faculty member. The use the library for many ways with an aim to improve their English language skills.
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I learned something news today.

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