HowtoImproveCollegestudentsAutonomousAbiliy英语论文.doc

How to Improve College students Autonomous Ability Chapter One Introduction The 21st century is increasingly becoming an epoch with communication and cooperation, English has become much more important for the contemporary youth, especially for graduates. Presently, college students are paying much attention to how to improve their English ability. Thus it seems necessary to train college students’ autonomous English learning ability. 1.1Definitions of Autonomous Learning As far as autonomous learning concerned, it is very difficult to define it because different educators have different views about it. Though the definitions of autonomous learning mentioned above are various. They all emphases learners should be independent, self-management and take responsibility for their own learning. Because autonomous learning is the ultimate goal of education, so training college students’ autonomous learning ability has been a heated topic in recent years. As the Chinese saying goes,” If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” Thus it seems necessary to foster students’ autonomous learning ability. 1.2Necessity of Autonomous Learning 1.2.1The Current Situation Needs Some educationalists believe that learning how to learn is the most basic and important objective of education. Since the present epoch is one with an explosion of knowledge and information, it is more essential than ever for college students to master the basic learning skills. However, at present, there exist lots of deficiencies in college English teaching in China. On the one hand, the traditional teacher-centered approach cannot arouse students’ passion and motivation. On the other hand, most college students are not good at English and their basic knowledge is weak. They cannot learn independently and autonomously. Thus it becomes necessary to train college students’ autonomous learning ability. 1.2.2Teaching and Learning Needs Language le