noun · neutral

autonomy

UK/ɔːˈtɒnəmi/US/ɔːˈtɑːnəmi/au·TON·o·my

Band 7+speakingtask2

the ability to act independently or make one's own decisions; in learning, self-directed control over study

Examples

Learner autonomy is encouraged by tasks that require students to plan and monitor their own work.

Academic autonomy allows departments to design their own curricula.

Giving students more autonomy can increase motivation.

Band 8 sentence

Promoting learner autonomy helps students take responsibility for setting realistic study goals.

Collocations

  • learner autonomy
  • academic autonomy
  • promote autonomy

Word family

autonomous adjectiveautonomously adverb

Common mistakes

autonomy studentlearner autonomy / an autonomous student

self-autonomyautonomy / self-direction

Say it for a higher band

5independence6self-directed learning7+autonomy

Synonyms

independence

Easily confused

independence

The country declared its independence in 1954.

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