| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research significance and objectives | 第12-13页 |
| ·Thesis layout | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Literature review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Definitions of autonomous learning | 第15-19页 |
| ·Features of autonomous learners | 第19-20页 |
| ·Empirical studies of autonomous learning in foreign language teaching | 第20-25页 |
| ·Forms of autonomous learning at home and abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Challenges in developing autonomous learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Strategies of developing autonomous learning | 第23-25页 |
| 3. Research Design and Methodology | 第25-29页 |
| ·Research context | 第25页 |
| ·Subjects | 第25-26页 |
| ·Instruments | 第26-27页 |
| ·Data collection and analysis | 第27-29页 |
| 4. Results and Discussion | 第29-53页 |
| ·Students' general autonomous learning from questionnaires | 第29-42页 |
| ·Learning motivation | 第29-32页 |
| ·Learning strategies | 第32-38页 |
| ·Learning environment | 第38-39页 |
| ·Learning content | 第39-40页 |
| ·Influencing factors | 第40-42页 |
| ·Gender differences in autonomous learning | 第42-49页 |
| ·Gender differences and learning motivation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Gender differences in learning strategies | 第44-47页 |
| ·Gender differences in learning environment | 第47页 |
| ·Gender differences in factors that influencing autonomous learning | 第47-49页 |
| ·Interview results | 第49-53页 |
| 5. Conclusions and Implications | 第53-58页 |
| ·Major findings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implications for EFL | 第54-57页 |
| ·Arousing students' internal motivation in English learning | 第54页 |
| ·Providing learning strategy training systematically | 第54-56页 |
| ·Including more cultural knowledge into classroom instruction | 第56页 |
| ·Doing reformation about the exam-oriented education system | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of this research | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第64页 |
