声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．1．1 The requirements of status quo of English teaching and learning in Higher Vocational College
1．1．2 Keystone of the college English teaching reform
1．1．3 The requirements of lifelong education
1．2 Theoretical Foundations
1．3 Purpose and Significance of the study
1．4 The structure of this thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 The definitions of Autonomous Learning
2．2 Characteristics of Autonomous Language Learners
2．3 Theoretical framework
2．3．1 Humanistic learning theory
2．3．2 Constructive learning theory
2．3．3 Social Cognitive Theory
2．4 Factors influencing Autonomous Learning
2．4．1 Internal Factors
2．4．2 External Factors
2．5 An overview of Previous researches on Autonomous Learning
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 The subjects
3．2 Research questions
3．3 Instruments
3．3．1 Questionnaire
3．3．2 Interview
3．4 Procedures
3．4．1 Data-collection and data-analysis
3．4．2 Analysis of interview
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1 Results from the motivation section and discussion
4．2 Results from the strategy section and discussion
4．3 Results from the outcome section and discussion
4．4 Summary
4．4．1 The language learning characteristics of learners in higher vocational college of agriculture
4．4．2 The learning motivation characteristics of the students in higher vocational college of agriculture
4．4．3 The teachers’ introspection
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Major findings of this study
5．2 The implications for higher vocational English teaching
5．3 Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research
References
Appendix A 高职院校学生英语自主学习情况调查问卷
Appendix B
Acknowledgements
