TEACHER’S ROLE IN FACILITATING EFL AUTONOMOUS LEARNING THROUGH DIGITAL ASSISTANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

This article is a systematic review that examined several related studies that investigated how teacher facilitates students using digital aids to learn independently. Pupils can now study on their own, the researchers curious about what role does the teacher play in the classroom? The articles were selected from Google Scholar and manual search. With the use of proximity and Boolean operators, the researchers located 39 (thirty-nine) publications. PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) was then used to review the chosen papers. The articles must need some criteria covering the last five years of publication, from 2020 to 2024, participants’ age, the publishing of the article, the sorts of autonomous learning—using models like the flipped classroom, digital aids or apps, full text access, and abstract—were among the pertinent data that the researchers extracted. Articles discovered outside of the specified category were removed. The researchers found 12 (twelve) articles included in category to proceed further review. This study discovered that although there are many digital resources available today to assist students in their independent studying, the function of the teacher or lecturer is still regarded as important.