Autonomy

Autonomy for learning foreign languages or continuing education in general (Tremblay, 2003) requires the followings:
 * the capacity to ‘‘know oneself as a learner’’ (be able to identify how you learn best, your strengths and weaknesses);
 * the ‘‘reflective’’ capacity of learning through action (be able to learn by doing, to act with full understanding of the situation);
 * the capacity to ‘‘adapt’’ to the situation and the context (know how to take advantage of opportunities to learn, know how to turn a problem into something which you can learn from);
 * the capacity to ‘‘learn from others’’ (know how to identify useful resources, develop skills in relating and communicating with others).