| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Foreign language learning and teaching | 第8-9页 |
| ·Significance of the study of learners' metacognition in learner autonomy | 第9-11页 |
| ·Overview of the present thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations and Implications | 第12-24页 |
| ·Learner autonomy | 第12-17页 |
| ·What is learner autonomy? | 第12-15页 |
| ·Capacity | 第12-13页 |
| ·Process | 第13页 |
| ·Willingness /beliefs | 第13页 |
| ·Attributes of autonomous learners | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theoretical backgrounds for learner autonomy | 第15-17页 |
| ·Constructivism | 第15-16页 |
| ·Humanism | 第16页 |
| ·Individual differences | 第16-17页 |
| ·Metacognition in learner autonomy | 第17-23页 |
| ·Metacognition | 第17-19页 |
| ·Taxonomies of language learning strategies and metacognitive strategies | 第19-21页 |
| ·Metacognition and Learner Autonomy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge and learner autonomy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategies and learner autonomy | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three An Investigation into Chinese EFL Learners' Metacognition in Autonomy | 第24-30页 |
| ·Purpose | 第24页 |
| ·Research questions | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research design | 第25页 |
| ·Subjects and Procedures | 第25-28页 |
| ·Quantitative study | 第25-27页 |
| ·Qualitative study | 第27-28页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第30-63页 |
| ·Description of Chinese learners' metacognition in learner autonomy | 第31-48页 |
| ·Description of learners' metacognitive knowledge in learner autonomy | 第31-40页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge about person | 第31-35页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge about strategies | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge about tasks | 第37-40页 |
| ·Description of learners' metacognitive strategy use and autonomy | 第40-48页 |
| ·Description of Chinese EFL learners' metacognitive strategy use in learner autonomy | 第40-46页 |
| ·Description of Chinese EFL learners' autonomous behavior | 第46-48页 |
| ·Comparisons between successful learners and unsuccessful learners | 第48-56页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge about person | 第48-50页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge about strategies and tasks | 第50-53页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategy use and autonomous behavior | 第53-56页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategy use | 第53-55页 |
| ·Autonomous behavior | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussions | 第56-63页 |
| ·Chinese EFL Learners' metacognitive knowledge | 第56-61页 |
| ·Learners' affective factors | 第56-59页 |
| ·Learners' beliefs about learning process | 第59-61页 |
| ·Learners' metacognitive strategy use and autonomous behavior | 第61-63页 |
| ·Autonomous competence demonstrated by metacognitive strategy use | 第61页 |
| ·Learners' roles in learner autonomy | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications | 第63-70页 |
| ·Major findings of the present study | 第63-66页 |
| ·Metacognition and learner autonomy | 第63-65页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge and learner autonomy | 第63-64页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategy use and learner autonomy | 第64-65页 |
| ·Differences between successful and unsuccessful learners | 第65-66页 |
| ·Metacognitive knowledge | 第65页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategy use and learners' roles | 第65-66页 |
| ·Factors influencing learner autonomy | 第66页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第66-68页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future studies | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-74页 |
| Appendixes | 第74-82页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix II Percentages of the questionnaire items | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix III Variations between Group A and Group C | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix IV In-depth interview data | 第82页 |
