| Abstract in Chinese | 第3-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第9-11页 |
| 1.2 Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2.1 Purposes of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2.2 Significance of the Study | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-29页 |
| 2.1 Definitions of Autonomous Learning | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Characteristics of Autonomous Learning | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Autonomous Learning at Home and Abroad | 第19-23页 |
| 2.3.1 Previous studies on autonomous learning abroad | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous studies on autonomous learning at home | 第21-23页 |
| 2.4 A Brief Comment on the Previous Studies | 第23-24页 |
| 2.5 Theoretical Basis for the Study | 第24-29页 |
| 2.5.1 Constructivism Learning Theory | 第24-26页 |
| 2.5.2 Humanistic Learning Theory | 第26-27页 |
| 2.5.3 Cognitive Theory | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Investigation Design | 第29-33页 |
| 3.1 Research Purposes | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Subjects of the Research | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4 Procedure of Data and Information Collection | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Major Findings | 第33-48页 |
| 4.1 Data Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第33-45页 |
| 4.1.1 General description of the questionnaire | 第33-34页 |
| 4.1.2 Analysis of the subjects' independent consciousness | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.3 Analysis of the subjects' learning motivation (purpose) | 第35-37页 |
| 4.1.4 Analysis of the subjects' learning content | 第37-38页 |
| 4.1.5 Establishment of the learning objectives and the process of making thestudy plan | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.6 Use of learning strategies | 第39-43页 |
| 4.1.7 Monitoring and assessing the situation of English learning process | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.8 Structuring the learning environment | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of the Interview Information | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3 Analysis of Classroom Observation | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4 Major Findings | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Related Suggestions for Cultivating Students' English AutonomousLearning Ability | 第48-63页 |
| 5.1 Further Paying Attention to Cultivating Students' Autonomous LearningAwareness | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2 Further Promoting Teachers' Guidance of Students' English AutonomousLearning | 第50-59页 |
| 5.2.1 Reasonably providing various and helpful teaching methods for students'autonomous learning | 第50-52页 |
| 5.2.2 Actively exploring and developing English autonomous learning modes inclass | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2.3 Cultivating students' autonomous learning ability | 第53-59页 |
| 5.3 Further Helping Students to Realize the Importance of English AutonomousLearning | 第59-60页 |
| 5.4 Further Promoting Students' English Autonomous Learning Ability | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| 6.1 A Brief Summary | 第63-64页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study | 第64页 |
| 6.3 Prospects of the Future Research | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第71-72页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第72-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
