2. Self-awareness:

During my learning process, I chose what to study, what to listen or watch, and when to start or finish any task I was involved in. I identified my needs as being listening and speaking along with enhancing my lexicon and sentence structure. As mentioned by Michael Byram. (2013) Autonomous learners should develop "a basic insight into (their) learning styles and strategies". "From a psychological point of view, […] the pace may differ from one learner to another" so the learners "have a chance to develop their skills at their own pace and at their own level, using their own strategies and appropriate media" (877). I identified my own learning styles and strategies and studied techniques that will meet my abilities and the best way for me to learn English outside school.

1. Learning Styles:

1. Visual and Auditory learner:

Rebecca L. suggests that Learning styles include many types different learning styles like "the analytic, auditory or visual –that students use in acquiring a new language or in learning any other subject" In this sense, "sensory preferences" are divided into "visual, auditory, kinesthetic (movement-oriented), and tactile (touch-oriented)" preferences. "Sensory preferences" to begin with, "refer to the physical, perceptual learning channels with which the student is the most comfortable" unlike "visual students" who like "to read and obtain a great deal from visual stimulation". For such visual students, oral lectures and communication "without any visual backup can be very confusing". However, "auditory students are comfortable without visual input and therefore enjoy and profit from unembellished lectures" (p: 3) Thus, "they are excited by classroom interactions in role-plays and similar activities". "Kinesthetic and tactile students", on the contrary, "like lots of movement and enjoy working with tangible objects, collages, and flashcards". Consequently, "sitting at a desk for very long is not for them; they prefer to have frequent breaks and move around the room" (p: 4).

I am a "visual" and "auditory" learner so I focused on watching videos and listening to songs and different tracks. I learned a lot of vocabulary through listening to audiobooks and audio stories from www.storynory.com. I chose the stories that met my needs depending on the stage of learning I was in. I started with educational stories and used the dictionary to find out the meaning of unfamiliar words to build up my lexicon. I tried to write down some structures to see the way they are used in sentences. After finishing every story I tried to summarize it on paper and practice saying it to my younger brothers. I enjoyed the process immensely and assessed the results I used to come up with at every stage of learning. I was self-aware of my objectives and the problems that I had to solve while speaking. I needed some help of other peers who could speak English to enhance my communication in the EFL and I decided to join some conversation clubs in town.