Exploring lei students' perceptions about factors involved in autonomy development

"The interest of the researcher in this topic started when it was seen that students involved in a major of teaching were having problems to get the proficiency level the institution expects from them. This problem became important when a proficiency test revealed that students struggled attempting to pass, firstly their classes related to English Language learning, namely Target Language and, secondly, to get good scores in language certification tests. Since the researcher’s perspective, who was involved in the same context as the individuals studied in this project, it had been noticed that students showed difficulty to develop autonomy skills to improve their learning process. It was concluded then, that one of the consequences of not being autonomous was the low grades in proficiency tests and performance in class using a second language"