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What's the importance of the classroom? A reflection on learner autonomy and the importance of the classroom by Lindsay Clandfield Submitted by britishcouncil_... on 15 February, 2011 - 08:45 A reflection on learner autonomy and the importance of the classroom by Lindsay Clandfield ( ELT Blogathon Guest Post) Like many other full-time writers, I have to engage in regular physical activity to stop from becoming too sedentary. Some people I know go to a gym, others take the dog for long walks. I go to swimming classes. I can swim. My mother dragged me kicking and screaming when I was five years old to swimming classes and the teacher was of the school that believed the best way for a child to overcome his/her fear of the water was being tossed into the deep end. It eventually did work, and I happily continued swim classes until I was ten years old. At high school I joined the swim team and I swam competitively. I wasn’t Michael Phelps but I could hold my own in a race. I trained ...