| Acknowledgement | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| List of Table | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figure | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| ·The necessity for the study | 第14-18页 |
| ·Social development | 第14-15页 |
| ·Teaching situation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Junior middle school students’ situation | 第17-18页 |
| ·The requirements in English Curriculum Standards | 第18页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第18-20页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-35页 |
| ·Research on autonomous learning | 第21-24页 |
| ·Definitions of autonomous learning | 第21-23页 |
| ·Other focuses on autonomous learning | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research about meta-cognitive strategies | 第24-30页 |
| ·Definitions of meta-cognitive strategies | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classifications of meta-cognitive strategies | 第25-28页 |
| ·Other focuses on meta-cognitive strategies | 第28-30页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations of the study | 第30-32页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第30-31页 |
| ·Meta-cognition theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·The relationship between autonomous learning and meta-cognitive strategies | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第35-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research Subjects | 第36页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis | 第39-59页 |
| ·Analysis from the questionnaires about autonomous English learning | 第39-46页 |
| ·Questionnaires about overall situation of the students’autonomous learning | 第39-40页 |
| ·Analysis of the differences in English autonomous learning | 第40-46页 |
| ·Analysis from the questionnaires about the use of meta-cognitive strategies | 第46-59页 |
| ·Questionnaires about overall situation of students’use of meta-cognitive strategies | 第47-52页 |
| ·Comparison of meta-cognitive strategies between the high-achieving and low achieving students | 第52-55页 |
| ·The correlation of the use of meta-cognitive strategies and English achievement | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-67页 |
| ·Results of the study | 第59-62页 |
| ·Conclusion of autonomous learning | 第59-60页 |
| ·Conclusion of the situation of meta-cognitive strategies in autonomous learning | 第60-61页 |
| ·Conclusion of the correlation between the use of meta-cognitive strategies and English achievement | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第62-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-72页 |
| Appendix I | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix II | 第76-78页 |
