recognizing the relationship between the foreign languages learners’ autonomy and their language knowledge

process of comprehending and using languages. for many years, learning a foreign language independently and autonomously has attracted the attention of a great number of teachers and educators. there are many variables for an autonomous learning; however, willingness and taking responsibility for the learning tasks are the two factors of an autonomous learning. dafei (2007) studied the relationship between autonomy and learning a language and represented that learner autonomy influences students' language proficiency. in educational contexts, the concept of autonomy has attracted a lot of attention. indeed, this ability should be true to have better learning.