声明
Abstract
摘要
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Middle school students’ autonomous learning
1.2 Promoting autonomous learning through Extra-Curricular Reading
1.2.1 The importance of Extra-curricular Reading
1.2.2 Promoting autonomous learning through Extra-Curricular Reading
1.3 Promoting autonomous learning through constructing a new ECRM
1.4 Arrangement of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature review
2.1 Definition of reading and extra-curricular reading
2.1.1 Definition of reading
2.1.2 Reading models
2.1.3 Applying interactive model to extra-curricular reading
2.1.4 The trend of Extra-curricular Reading
2.2 Relationship between learner autonomy and extra-curricular reading
2.2.1 Definition of learner autonomy
2.2.2 Relationship between learner autonomy and extra-curricular reading
2.3 The Theoretical foundation
2.3.1 Humanism approaches
2.3.2 Constructivism
2.3.3 Metacognitive theory
Chapter 3 Research Design
3.1 A combination of quantitative and qualitative research method
3.2 Introduction of the experiment
3.2.1 Participants:
3.2.2 Design of the experiment
3.2.3 Procedures
3.3 The introduction to the new ECRM
3.3.1 Pre-study training
3.3.2 Teacher’s monitoring
3.3.3 Feedback
3.3.4 Assessment
Chapter 4 Data Analysis
4.1 The necessity of constructing ECRM
4.1.1 Data analysis from the interview with the teachers and students
4.1.2 Data analysis from the first questionnaire
4.1.3 Data analysis from the second questionnaire
4.2 The effect of training on the performance of extra-curricular reading
4.3 Discussion and interpretation of data
Chapter 5 Conclusion
REFERENCES
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