| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| ·The concept of autonomous learning and learner autonomy | 第16-20页 |
| ·The existing definitions | 第16-19页 |
| ·The definition adopted in present study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Autonomous learning and learning strategies | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous studies on autonomous learning | 第21-28页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第21-24页 |
| ·Studies in China | 第24-26页 |
| ·Limitations of previous studies | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第28-37页 |
| ·Objective of the study | 第28页 |
| ·Research questions | 第28页 |
| ·Methodology | 第28-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第28-29页 |
| ·Instruments | 第29-35页 |
| ·Procedures | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第37-58页 |
| ·Analysis of descriptive statistics | 第37-39页 |
| ·Analysis of the subjects’English achievement | 第37页 |
| ·Analysis of the subjects’autonomous learning competence | 第37-39页 |
| ·Analysis of independent-samples t-test | 第39-48页 |
| ·Differences of TEM-4 scores between high and low achievement groups | 第39页 |
| ·Differences of learner autonomy between high and low achievement groups | 第39-42页 |
| ·Differences of autonomous strategies in learning listening between high and low achievement groups | 第42-44页 |
| ·Differences of autonomous strategies in learning reading between high and low achievement groups | 第44-45页 |
| ·Differences of autonomous strategies in learning writing between high and low achievement groups | 第45-47页 |
| ·Differences of learning achievement among students of high and low autonomy group | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis of Pearson correlation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Correlations between students’ autonomous learning competence and TEM-4 achievements | 第48-49页 |
| ·Correlations between autonomous learning competence and TEM-4 scores of high-achievement group | 第49页 |
| ·Correlations between autonomous learning competence and TEM-4 scores of low-achievement group | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussions | 第50-57页 |
| ·Characteristics of autonomous learning competence | 第50-51页 |
| ·Degrees of autonomous learning competence among students of different learning achievements | 第51-53页 |
| ·Differences of autonomous strategies in listening, reading and writing skills between different achievement groups | 第53-54页 |
| ·Differences in learning achievement among students of high and low autonomy groups | 第54-55页 |
| ·Correlation between autonomous learning competence and TEM-4 scores | 第55-56页 |
| ·Correlations between students’autonomous learning competence and different achievement groups | 第56-57页 |
| ·Findings | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Five Pedagogical Implications | 第58-62页 |
| ·Autonomy development | 第58-60页 |
| ·Curriculum development | 第58-59页 |
| ·Classroom practice | 第59页 |
| ·Teacher autonomy | 第59-60页 |
| ·CALL | 第60页 |
| ·Improvement of low-achievement students | 第60-62页 |
| ·Communication between teachers and students | 第60-61页 |
| ·Strategies in learning language skills | 第61-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendices | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第73-74页 |