fostering learner autonomy in educational settings

There is an old proverb which says “give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. teach a manto fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”, the connotation of the proverb is to help somebody do somethingon his or her own; this can be a perfect basis for teaching a language. autonomy is a concept whichtranscends beyond learning and is not only limited to educational settings. when people exertindependence in their work, new horizons will be opened to them and they will be more susceptible tosucceed in their lives. teachers are not available throughout students’ lives; therefore, students must learnhow to learn and how to be independent from their teachers. in today’s world with corona pandemic inmost countries, though many students receive off-line contents from their teachers, if they do not acceptresponsibility for their own learning, no fruitful upshots will be gained in their studies. thus, it ismandatory for students to know what to learn and how to learn; in other words, they should practiceautonomy in learning. the role of teacher in guiding learners toward gaining learners autonomy standsout. in a successful education system, there are many non-stop researches conducted to enhance thequality and efficiency of education. the present research tried to make some contribution and move inline with this purpose and to provide a compendium of information about ways to foster learner autonomyin educational settings.