An Experimental Study of Learner Autonomy in Language Learning 英语专业毕业论文

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1、AnExperimentalStudyofLearnerAutonomyinLanguageLearningAbstractAutonomouslearninghasgreatlydevelopedbothontheoryandpracticeeversinceitsappearancein1960s.Ithasbecomeahotissueineducationalfieldoverthepastfortyyearsanditisimportanttocultivatelearners’abilityofself-directedinquiry.Theultimategoalo

2、fquality-orientededucationistopromotelearnerautonomy.Butitspromotionthroughsystematiclearnerdevelopmentisarelativelyrecentphenomenon,letalonetheoneproposedbyScharleandSzabo(2000).Aftersomemodification,theprogramintendstomakethestudentsbeawareoftheimportanceofresponsibleattitudeandindependentl

3、earningability.Thepurposeistodevelopthestudents’learningperformance,giveguidanceontheirlearningstrategies,anddeveloptheirinterestinlanguagelearning.Twonon-Englishmajorclassesparticipatedintheexperiment.Thelearnerdevelopmentprogramlastedforonesemester.Duringthecourse,theSILLquestionnaireandlan

4、guageproficiencytestwereusedandboththemethodsofinterviewandclassroomobservationwereemployed.Besides,studentswereaskedtowriteregularjournalstokeeptrackoftheirlearningexperience.Comparisonsweremadeinthefollowingthreeaspects:thelanguageperformanceinthetest;achangeoflearningstrategies;stimulation

5、ofinterest.Theresultsshowthatusingthecontentofregularschoolclassroomteachingasameaningfulcontextforthedevelopmentofresponsibilitycannotonlyenhancethelearningeffect,butalsosavetimefortheoptionalstrategytraining.Accordingtothescoresinthepost-testareconcerned,theexperimentalgrouphadahighmeanscor

6、ethanthecontrolgroup.Thetwosetsofquestionnaireresultsshowthattheexperimentalgroupbenefitedfromtheprogrambyusingmorelearningstrategies.Besides,mostofthestudentsintheexperimentalgroupreportedahigherinterestinlanguagelearningaftertheexperiment.However,thecontrolgroupshowednogreatdifferenceinallt

7、heseaspectsKeywords:learnerautonomy,autonomouslearning,strategyIntroductionSincethe1970s,researchinterestinlearnerautonomyandindependencehasgainedgrowingattentioninforeignlanguagelearning,andtherehasbeenaheateddiscussionabouthowteachersshould