【作者】 黄辉；

【导师】 郭奕奕；

【作者基本信息】 东华大学 ， 外国语言学及应用语言学， 2006， 硕士

【摘要】 现代教育的目标愈来愈倾向于提高人的能力和全面增强人的素质。信息化的时代,瞬息万变的社会,使在学校所接受的教育不可能受用终生。未来社会是一个继续学习的社会,一个要求人们必须终身受教育,不断自我发展与提高才能适应生存的社会,而终身教育又要求人们具备自主学习的能力。同时,在当今信息化的时代,英语已成为我们接受世界信息的重要工具。因此,今天的教育,多半要包括外语(尤其是英语)教学,而这种教育必须能使学生培养起自主学习能力,以满足终身制学习之所需。长期以来,特别是近二十年来,国内外对自主学习的研究已取得长足进展,许多教育和心理学派从各自的角度对自主学习问题作了深入的理论探讨。本研究在建构主义、人本主义和认知心理学的指导下,通过问卷调查与访谈的形式,对中国大学生对于英语自主学习的态度及其与性别的关系进行了调查研究,在此基础上,提出了一些粗浅的看法。本研究主要回答以下两个问题: (1)中国大学生对于英语自主性学习持有什么样的态度? (2)男女学生对于英语自主性学习的态度是否有差异? 通过对问卷调查的数据统计和统计结果的对比,本研究得出以下结论: (1)大多数学生对英语自主学习的态度是积极的,他们视计划、监控和管理学习为己任。但很多学生对教师有很强的依赖性,相当部分学生认为他们学习英语的动力主要缘于考试,更有不少学生对于自我评估缺乏自信。为此,在英语教学中,首先要帮助学生树立信心,要为他们提供学习策略训练,以提高其英语学习的意识。而要达此目的,首先得加强对教师的培训。 (2)总体说来,男女大学生对于英语自主性学习的态度大体相似,但有差别。其中一个较大差异是,和女生相比,男生更倾向于把考试看作学习英语的动力,因此对老师的依赖也更强。但是,他们在很多方面又表现出更强的自信心。在英语教学中,教师要根据这种差异,采取不同方法进行教学,以使男女生的英语自主学习能力都有很大提高。更多还原

【Abstract】 The goal of current education is to enhance the learners’ ability and cultivate their overall quality so as to enable them to survive successfully in the society. More and more people have come to acknowledge that the continual learning is a must in life and that English learning is very important in China. Therefore, today’s education, including English teaching, must focus on the cultivation of learners’ autonomous learning ability. Based on humanism, constructivism, and cognitive psychology, the author of this thesis conducted a survey study in China of English learners’ attitudes towards language learning autonomy, with the aim of examining their attitudes concerning the following aspects: general readiness for autonomous language learning, independent work in language learning, importance of class/teacher, teacher explanation and supervision, etc. The author also seeks to trace the reasons behind the attitudes and discusses the implications of her findings. Given the implications of these findings, at the end of the thesis, the author puts forward some suggestions to encourage and help learners to adopt an autonomous mode of Language learning. The thesis attempts to find the answers to the following two questions:(1) What types of attitudes towards autonomous language learning do the group of Chinese university students under study hold?(2) Do male and female students have the same degree of autonomy in language learning?With the data-analysis and comparison of the Statistical findings, the author comes to the following conclusions:(1) The students surveyed generally show a positive attitude towards autonomous language learning and are willing to take responsibility for their learning. However, a large proportion of students demonstrate a high degree of teacher dependence. And many of them consider exams as a motivating factor in learning English. A fairly high percentage of students lack confidence in self-assessment. Therefore, in order to promote their autonomy, the following measures should be taken: 1) Increasinglearners’ self-confidence;2) Providing students with strategy training;3) Raising students’ awareness;4) Enhancing the teacher training.(2) On the whole, both male and female students display a similar profile of readiness for autonomous language learning. But there exist some differences of opinion concerning some aspects of autonomous language learning. For example, compared with females, males are more likely to reckon exams as a source of motivation in language learning and they tend to show a higher degree of teacher dependence. But they are more confident in various aspects of language learning than their female counterparts. So such gender differences should be borne in mind when attempts are made to promote learner autonomy.更多还原