| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Problems encountered in the field of foreign language self-access learning in Mainland, China | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance and purpose of the current study | 第14页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the literature on learners’roles in self-access learning | 第15-23页 |
| ·Defining learner autonomy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Autonomous language learner: the goal of self-access learning | 第16-17页 |
| ·Explore learners’roles in self-access learning | 第17-21页 |
| ·Transform learners’roles: from teacher-directed to self-directed | 第17-18页 |
| ·Learners’and teachers’belief | 第18-19页 |
| ·Learners’motivation and attitudes | 第19页 |
| ·Learners’ability to be autonomous | 第19-20页 |
| ·Learner’s position in the curriculum | 第20-21页 |
| ·The role of SAC (self-access center) | 第21页 |
| ·Previous studies from Mainland, China on learners’roles in self-access learning in Chinese tertiary schools | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Design of the study | 第23-27页 |
| ·Research questions | 第23页 |
| ·Participants | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research instruments: questionnaire and interview | 第24-27页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第24-25页 |
| ·Interview | 第25-27页 |
| ·interview with students | 第25页 |
| ·interview with teachers | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Data collection and analysis | 第27-65页 |
| ·Aspect 1: learners’motivation and attitude about language learning (item 1 and 2) | 第27-29页 |
| ·Aspect 2: learners’belief about language learning (item 3, 5, 6, 8, 20 and 21) | 第29-33页 |
| ·Aspect 3: prepare learners with knowledge and skills to do self-access learning (item 4) | 第33-35页 |
| ·Aspect 4: learners’roles in the in-class learning process (item 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15) | 第35-40页 |
| ·Aspect 5: learners’roles in the out-class learning process (item 16, 17, 18 and 19) | 第40-43页 |
| ·Aspect 6: learners’self-monitoring of their learning (item 23, 24 and 25) | 第43-44页 |
| ·Aspect 7: the supporting system for self-access learning (item 7, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30) | 第44-54页 |
| ·Support from the teachers (Item 7, 26 and 27) | 第44-47页 |
| ·Facility support (Item 28 and 29) | 第47-52页 |
| ·Curriculum support (Item 30) | 第52-54页 |
| ·Aspect 8: the assessment of self-access learning (item 31) | 第54-55页 |
| ·Aspect 9: self-access learning outcomes (item 22, 32 and 33) | 第55-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Research findings and implications | 第65-69页 |
| ·Research findings: what is alike and what is different between the learners of UNNC and the three tertiary schools | 第65-67页 |
| ·Distinctive self-access learning outcomes | 第65页 |
| ·No great difference of learners’belief | 第65页 |
| ·Different support offered to students of the two sides for their self-access learning | 第65-66页 |
| ·Different learner-teacher links of the two sides | 第66页 |
| ·Different learners’involvement of the two sides in the curriculum | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications | 第67-68页 |
| ·Learners’positive belief is a necessary but not sufficient factor for the success of self-access learning | 第67页 |
| ·A favorable context is essential for the success of self-access learning. It can activate learners’potential and promote their learning process | 第67-68页 |
| ·Answers to the research questions | 第68-69页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion and Suggestions | 第69-73页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第69页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第69-71页 |
| ·Learner-centered curriculum | 第69-70页 |
| ·Teachers’roles | 第70-71页 |
| ·Tutorial system | 第71页 |
| ·Limitaions of this study | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-81页 |
