| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| LISTS OF TABLES | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-12页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第12-14页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| ·Motivation of the present study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第19-35页 |
| ·Basic concepts | 第19-26页 |
| ·Definitions of Learner Autonomy | 第19-21页 |
| ·Characteristics of autonomous learners | 第21-22页 |
| ·Individual differences in English learning | 第22-25页 |
| ·Internet-based learning | 第25-26页 |
| ·Related theoretical theories | 第26-29页 |
| ·Constructivist view of AL | 第26-28页 |
| ·Cognitive view of AL | 第28-29页 |
| ·Related empirical studies | 第29-32页 |
| ·Limitations with the aforementioned studies | 第32页 |
| ·The significance and the focus of the present study | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第35-43页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35页 |
| ·Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-38页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第36-38页 |
| ·Interview | 第38页 |
| ·Data collection | 第38-40页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第40-41页 |
| ·Quantitative data analysis | 第40-41页 |
| ·Qualitative data analysis | 第41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第43-61页 |
| ·Non-English majors postgraduates' general autonomous L2 learning | 第43-55页 |
| ·Believing in autonomous L2 learning | 第44-46页 |
| ·Determining the objectives of autonomous L2 learning | 第46-48页 |
| ·Defining their contents of autonomous L2 learning | 第48-51页 |
| ·Monitoring the process of autonomous L2 learning | 第51-52页 |
| ·Evaluating the efficacy of their autonomous L2 learning | 第52-55页 |
| ·Non-English majors postgraduates' internet-based autonomous L2 learning | 第55-58页 |
| ·Their beliefs in internet-based autonomous L2 learning | 第55-56页 |
| ·Their behaviors in internet-based autonomous L2 learning | 第56-58页 |
| ·The gender differences in autonomous L2 learning | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and suggestions | 第61-70页 |
| ·Major findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Implications | 第62-68页 |
| ·Highlighting postgraduates' awareness of autonomous L 2 learning | 第62-64页 |
| ·Asking for instructors scaffolding for postgraduates' L2 learning | 第64-65页 |
| ·Requiring for explicit strategies training for autonomous L2 learning | 第65-67页 |
| ·Making good use of internet resource in autonomous L2 learning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第69页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Interview | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Published paper during study of MA | 第79页 |
