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1、Fosteringstudents’EnglishLearningAutonomyIntroductionTheultimategoalofEnglishteachinginChinaistodeveloplearners’communicativecompetenceandgoodlearningstrategies,soastobecomeautonomouslanguagelearnersandusers.Theoreticallyspeaking,anykindofteachingissubjectedtothe

2、eventualgoalofeducation—topromotestudents’learningautonomy.Learnerautonomyreferstothecapabilitytodeterminethelearningobjectives,selectmethods,monitortheprocedureandevaluatetheresults.Fromtheearly1970s,ourEnglishteachinghasincreasinglyemphasizedtheimportanceofauto

3、nomouslearning.Sincethe1980s,learnerautonomyhasgainedmomentumintheeducationfield.Todaymoreandmorestudentsarerequiredtobecomeautonomouslearnerstofitthechangepaceofsociety.However,manyteachershavenotadjustedtheirrolesandhavenotlaidstressonpromotingautonomouslearnin

4、gChapter1Teacher’srole1.1DefinitionofRoleTheterm“role”isafamiliaroneanditsFrenchcircumflexhasbeenwornawaybyfrequentuse.Itcanbedefinedgenerallyasapartthatpeopleplayintheperformanceofsociallife.Arole,putinprecisesociologicaltermsbyBanton,is“asetofnormsandexpectatio

5、nappliedtoincumbentsofaparticularposition”.TheincumbentsthispaperisconcernedwitharethosewhotakeuppositionintheEnglishlanguageclass:Englishteachers.　Theconcept“role”hasbecomeverypopularinEnglishlanguageteaching(ELT)andisatermincommonusagetodenotethefunctionsthatte

6、achersandlearnersperformduringthecourseoflesson.Inthesocialsettingoftheclassroom,teachers’andlearners’expectationsaboutwhatareappropriatefunctionsinvariouslearningtaskswilldeterminetherolethateachperforms.1.2Teacher’sRoleintheTraditionalEnglishLanguageTeachingInt

7、he1960sand1970sinparticulartherewasmuchreflectionineducationalwritinginwesternculturesontraditionalteacher-directed,examination-orientedandgrammar-and-vocabulary-based.Theevaluationofateacherhaddependedontheamountofknowledgeheorshecrammedintothestudents’head:them

8、ore,thebetter.Theteacheristheunquestionable“authority,aknowledge-giver”(CortazziandJin1996),whodominatestheclassfromthebeginningtotheend,whilethestudentsarejus