What is Independent Learning? What factors influence independence in learning? Is independent learning important? Why?

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A. Independent Learning

1. What is Independent Learning? No. Student Answers 1. A Independent learning is that something about the urge of students to learn by themselves. The teachers, lecturers, or tutors are merely the guidance for the students. 2. B Independent learning is a learning in which students learn by herhimself, can be individually or in group. Student is the center in learning process. 3. C Independent learning is that students learn by themselves without any guidance; being autonomous. 4. D Independent learning is an individually work. 5. E Independent learning is that the students study outside the class and outside the university by themselves. 6. F Independent learning is that the students learn something by themselves. 7. G Independent learning is learning by ourselves. Students use all their ability without external help. It is like internal help 8. H Independent learning is about learning but without any help. Students do the work by themselves. 2. What factors influence independence in learning? No. Student Answers 1. A Willingness, interesting material, drilling from teacher but will students like it? 2. B Motivation, willingness 3. C Curiosity, motivation, duty, pressure from outside for lower level learner young learner 4. D Keterpaksaan forces from other, willingness, 5. E Curiosity, motivation, drilling 6. F Laziness, motivation, the lack of infrastructure, chances for learning independently, drilling but they can get stressed. 7. G Talent 8. H Motivation, pressure, the lack of information and knowledge 3. Is independent learning important? Why? What’s the importance of independence in learning for daily life? No. Student Answers 1. A Yes. We’re going to need to work by our own. I mean I have to have tough personality and by having independent learning we are trying to be independent, we are trying to be ourselves, we are trying to “sell” ourselves. If we don’t have such independent learning then we keep following people. Well, then we are not becoming a trendsetter. The meaning by being a trendsetter is that we have our own idea, we have our own stand, and by having our own stand, by having our own idea, we are going to move forward better than before. 2. B Yes of course. Because by learning the knowledge by use independent learning, the students can understand the knowledge or the information deeply by their 166 word, their understanding, and then they can confirm it to their teacher if they are not understand about the learning. 3. C Penting banget Untuk menjauhkan sesorang dari ketergantungan ke seorang yang lain. Mungkin mereka punya bakat-bakat apa yang kalo mungkin selama di drill sama teachernya itu kan gak keluar, dengan independent learning lebih termotivasi. Kalo sekarang someone udah terbiasa dengan independent..pokoknya independent learning atau independent apa itu, nanti kedepannya meraka akan misalnya di dunia kerja merka tidak perlu menunggu perintah dari atasan untul lebih bisa sampai detil-detil, mereka udah bisa mengerjakan sendiri. 4. D I think it is very very important. Karena saya sangat menyukai independent learning. Itu membantu fellowship kita sama orang lain, bagaimana cara kita meng-arrange sesuatu. Independent learning itu sebenarnya juga mengajarkan kita untuk kita belajar mandiri jadi ga tergantung sama orang lain. Jadi ketika kita harus keluar untuk mengerjakan sesuatu kita tu udah punya basic karena kita bisa untuk mengerjakan segala sesuatunya sendiri. Tapi kalo kita udah tergantung sama yang namanya discuss discuss terus, nanti saat kita dilepas untuk jalan sendiri, untuk melakukan tugas-tugas sendiri kita pasti keteteran. 5. E Yes. Mungkin dengan mandiri we can get a lot of information, a lot of knowledge. We can work individually,..tidak bergantung sama orang lain. 6. F Yes, I think. In my opinion it can help me to be an independent person when in the society or in the work world, and it can help me to be…jadi bikin dalam kerja kita jadi lebih serius mungkin ,atau lebih giat dalam bekerja karena mungkin kita udah terbiasa buat kerja sendiri. 7. G Important because as I said before, it’s student’s need. The students know what they need. Nobody knows the personal mind only the…yang bersangkutan sendiri. The importance is that they already realize that since the beginning they already understand. Mereka tidak akan bingung lagi when they already adult what they have to do because since the beginning they thought the plan. 8. H Yes, I think. It makes me be independent student. Jadi, besoknya aku jadi independent. Jadi besok-besok tu aku ga perlu orang lain, gitu lho. Jadi aku bisa mandiri. Misalnya ada tugas dari bos…atau gimana.. 4. What life values can you get from independent learning skill practice?