Students' Learning Through Reflective Journaling/Studentu Mokymasis Pildant Refleksinius Zurnalus (Report)

Introduction In Lithuania there has been a great interest expressed in the implementation of self-directed language learning. However, there has been much disappointment in this field as the lack of teacher's control and too much independence lead students to dissatisfaction with their own studies and unstructured learning. That is why the object of the research was students' learning through reflective journaling. Having chosen this object, the aim of the research was to find out how reflective journaling can help to improve the learning process. The methods of the research include the analysis of methodological references, a quantitative research, statistical data analysis (SPSS- statistical package for social sciences). The paper explores the problem of fostering learning a foreign language using reflective journaling. Therefore, the main task of this article are: 1) to present the main types of journal used in learning a foreign language; 2) to describe the reflective teaching cycle which is called ARRIVE; 3) to present examples of reflective journaling used to foster students' learning.