声明
Abstract
摘要
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Questions and Their Significance
1.3 Expectations
1.4 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Theoretical Basis
2.1 Construetivism
2.1.1 Constructivism and constructivists
2.1.2 The implications of constructivism theory
2.2 Humanistic Psychology
2.3 The Relationship between Learning Autonomy (LA) and the English Achievement
Chapter 3 Study of Autonomy
3.1 About Definitions of Learning Autonomy
3.1.1 Research on learning autonomy overseas
3.1.2 Research on learning autonomy at home
3.2 Autonomous Learners
3.3 Factors Affecting Learning Autonomy
3.3.1 Motivation
3.3.2 Learning strategies
Chapter 4 Roles ofthe Teachers and Students in Learning Autonomy
4.1 Teachers’ Roles in Learning Autonomy
4.1.1 Teacher as a facilitator
4.1.2 Teacher as a counselor
4.2 Students’ Roles
4.2.1 Student as an active participant
4.2.2 Student as a successful learner
Chapter 5 The Design of the Experiment
5.1 The Design of the Experiment
5.1.1 Hypothesis
5.1.2 The subjects of this experiment
5.1.3 The experiment process
5.1.4 The questionnaire
5.1.5 Pre-test and post-test
5.2 Students’ Teaching Activities
Step 1 Choosing the teaching contents and setting the goals
Step 2 Making teaching plans
Step 3 Teaching before the class
Step 4 Assessment
Step 5 Teacher’s supplements
5.3 Develephtg the Students’ Decision-making Responsibility
5.4 Developing the Students’ Ability of Acquiring Knowledge
Chapter 6 Results and analysis
6.1 Results from the Questionnaire Item
6.1.1 Results and analysh of pre-test on the students’ learning autonomy
6.1.2 Results and analysis of post-test on the studats’ learning autonomy
6.2 Results and Analysis on the Students’ English Test Scores
6.2.1 Results and analysis of pre-test on the students’ English test scores
6.2.2 Results and analysis of pest-test on the students’ English scores
6.3 The Discussions of the Experiment
Chapter 7 Conclusion
References
Appendices
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3