Student's learning autonomy...is this our responsibility?

Hi...wheewww...hahaha! It's getting harder and harder with the task but I'm lucky to join this course. It really opens my eyes that there are still things to be faced and finished in our teaching.
Well, talking about learning autonomy of our students, it seems that we will be the ones who are responsible for this. As teachers, we must encourage our students to become autonomous learners, we must guide them so that they won't be lost their ways, and... we must increase their motivation in learning (in this case a foreign language). I think there are still other jobs that we must do in order that our teaching to our students will be fruitful and useful for them. As teachers, we're not only teaching but also educating. And, concerning the learning autonomy of our students, it is the educating job that we do. It is the soft-skills that we give to our students not the hard-skills anymore. For the hard-skills, students already have enough with their everyday classroom lessons, but for the soft-skills, they need a good example from their teachers that teachers must also improve themselves and aren't caught in their daily routines such as teaching then stop. Improving oneself means that teachers need to explore more, study more, and even willing to attend certain seminars/workshops for the latest development in teaching methods/issues. Teachers must be opened to new things: technology, new books, and even, the newest trends in computers, programs, entertainment, even fashion! By doing all these, students will understand that they have a good example that learning never stops.
Well, I can't say anymore about what to do dealing with this learning autonomy as there are still many things in my mind that I need to share but although it is not our responsibility in fostering our students' learning autonomy but at least we can be their living examples that can encourage them to be autonomous learners.
Thanks for reading.

Malang, 17 November 2010