Lecturers' and Students’ Perception of Autonomous Learning in Teaching English for Travel Industry Study Program in Indonesian Higher Education

Abstract

This research was motivated by the lack of reference about the lecturers' and the students' autonomous learning perception at the Travel Industry Study Program in UHN IGBS Denpasar; its purpose was to explore the lecturer’s and students’ autonomous learning perception; this research utilized a qualitative approach, grounded theory method, and data triangulation analysis; the result of the study showed that the lecturers and the students perceived autonomous approach as a concept of autonomy in learning as much as they could inside and outside the classroom; however, they did not visualize it as an approach of learning that supported by concrete area of English learning with complete facility and environment that provide various of options to choose for their comfortable way of learning; therefore, it can be suggested to the further researchers to research the detail requirement for establishing an area of English language study based on autonomous learning approach.