developing learner autonomy to promote senior students’ reading ability 运用自主学习理论促进中学生英语阅读能力的培养

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1、运用自主学习理论促进中学生英语阅读能力的培养DevelopingLearnerAutonomytoPromoteSeniorStudents’ReadingAbilityAbstract:Learnerautonomyhasbeenacatchwordintheworldofforeignlanguageteachingandlearningintherecenttwentyyears,especiallyinwesterncontext.Thisindicatesthatconcernwithteachi

2、ngandlearninghasshiftedfromtheteachers’teachingtothestudents’learning.InChina,EducationMinistryhassetthemaingoalofEnglishteachingandlearningas“developingthestudents’autonomousEnglishlearning”intheNewEnglishCourseStandardfortheBasicEducationStage.ThustheEng

3、lishteacher’sresponsibilityshouldconcentrateoncultivatingstudents’abilityoflearningautonomy,andhelpingstudentsbecomeconsciousofhowtolearneffectively.Withteachers’help,studentscanformappropriatelearninghabits,graspadequatelearningabilitiesbythemselvesandlay

4、solidbasefortheirlifelonglearning.However,thestatusquoofteachingandlearninginChinais“time-consumingwithloweffectivenessproducing”,whichresultsfromlackofcompetentteachers,andrelevantefficientteachingcontext.Manyteachersteachaswhatwastaught.Newideasaren’tbro

5、ughtforthwhenteacherstrytheirbesttoteachstudentsunderanon-productiveteachingconceptionandintheirownself-centeredstyle.NotonlystudentsandtheirparentsbutalsotheteachersthemselvesoveremphasizetheresultsofexaminationsbutneglectactualdevelopmentinEnglishability

6、onthepartofstudents.Inmiddleschool,Englishteachingstillfocusonteachers’teachingratherthanstudents’learning.Itignoresthestudents’individualdifferencesandthusproducesonlypassivelearners,andineffectiveteachingandlearning.Tobetterthissituation,thebestwayavaila

7、bleistofocusonstudents’learningsincethestudentsthemselvescaninanycasecarryoutalllearning.ThismeansthatstudentsshouldbethemajorconcerninclassroomteachingandlearningandthefocusofEnglishteachingshouldshiftfromtheteacherstothemselves.Autonomyreferstotheability

8、totakechargeofone’sownlearning.Littlewood(1999)comments,“Ifwedefineautonomyineducationaltermasinvolvingstudents’capacitytousetheirlearningindependentlyofteachers,thenautonomywouldappeartobeanincontrovertibleg