| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| English abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Chinese abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The need of the development of society | 第10页 |
| ·The need of learners themselves | 第10-11页 |
| ·The need of foreign language teaching | 第11页 |
| ·The structure of this thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Constructivist theories | 第12-17页 |
| ·The main issues in constructivist theories | 第12-16页 |
| ·The implications to language learning and teaching | 第16-17页 |
| ·Some concepts concerning learner autonomy | 第17-20页 |
| ·The definition of learner autonomy | 第17-19页 |
| ·Classification of learner autonomy | 第19页 |
| ·Autonomy and self-directed learning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Autonomy and culture | 第20页 |
| ·Review of the study of learner autonomy | 第20-25页 |
| ·Researches abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Researches in China | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第25-27页 |
| ·Purposes | 第25页 |
| ·Subjects | 第25页 |
| ·Instruments | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第27-39页 |
| ·The general situation of students’awareness of learner autonomy | 第27-30页 |
| ·Students’use of metacognitive strategies | 第30-32页 |
| ·Teachers’responsibilities | 第32-34页 |
| ·Students’responsibilities | 第34-36页 |
| ·Differences between students’learner autonomy in the public university and private university | 第36-38页 |
| ·Differences in monitoring learning process | 第37页 |
| ·Differences in planning | 第37页 |
| ·Differences in selecting the learning methods and strategies | 第37页 |
| ·Differences in evaluating the learning process | 第37-38页 |
| ·The correlation between students’awareness of learner autonomy and English performance | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 5 Findings and Implications | 第39-44页 |
| ·Findings | 第39-40页 |
| ·Implications | 第40-44页 |
| ·Changing traditional teaching beliefs | 第40-41页 |
| ·Offering students appropriate assistance | 第41页 |
| ·Permitting students to be involved in selecting the learning contents | 第41-42页 |
| ·Encouraging collaborative learning | 第42页 |
| ·Offering students metacognitive strategic training | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第44-46页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第44-45页 |
| ·Limitations and future study | 第45-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
| Appendix: A questionnaire of Learner Autonomy in College English Teaching | 第49-51页 |
