What is 'autonomous' language use? BEFORE

Without first having read the module material about autonomous language use, I suppose I might define it as the capacity to use language effectively, especially when confronted with unfamiliar language. In other words, autonomous learners would not necessarily possess perfect language skills, but would definitely possess strategies that would assist them to compensate when they do not understand communication or cannot easily express an idea. These strategies would include awareness building, being able to specifically identify when and where misunderstanding has happened, clarifying, restating, questioning, summarizing, etc.