A Reflection on the Relationship Among Self-Access, Classroom Learning, and Self-Regulation at National Preparatory #2 in Mexico

Abstract

This reflection paper explores the necessity of creating a link between the classroom and self-access center (‘Mediateca’) activities based around a gradual process of developing self-regulation. The context is a secondary and high school which is part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). One of the main goals of the Mediateca at UNAM is to create a language learning space and this is difficult to achieve if the center is used by students who have a misconception of it as a cybercafé. A change of perspective can be made by connecting classroom activities to the sessions students spend at the self-access center with the objective of raising their learning awareness.