| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter I． Introduction to this study | 第11-15页 |
| 1．1 Background of LA development | 第11页 |
| 1．2 Brief reviews of the present researches on LA | 第11-12页 |
| 1．3 Concept of LA | 第12-13页 |
| 1．4 Necessity of the study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter II． Theoretical bases for LA | 第15-20页 |
| 2．1 Psychological and cognitive theories on LA | 第15-17页 |
| 2．1．1 Human basic psychological needs for learning | 第15页 |
| 2．1．2 Development of humanistic psychology | 第15-16页 |
| 2．1．3 Cognitive learning theory | 第16页 |
| 2．1．4 Self-regulated learning theory | 第16-17页 |
| 2．2 Philosophical and pedagogical theories on LA | 第17页 |
| 2．3 Diverse students individual differences in English learning | 第17-20页 |
| 2．3．1 Motivation | 第18页 |
| 2．3．2 Learning style | 第18-19页 |
| 2．3．3 Learning strategy | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter III． Research design and data collection | 第20-22页 |
| 3．1 Subjects | 第20页 |
| 3．2 Instruments involved in the students AEL investigation | 第20页 |
| 3．3 Data collecting procedures for data analysis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter IV Result of the investigation | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter V Discussion on the Findings | 第25-35页 |
| 5．1 Students' motivation and attitudes toward AEL | 第25-26页 |
| 5．2 Factors affecting LA on the teachers' part | 第26-32页 |
| 5．2．1 Teachers' authority | 第26-28页 |
| 5．2．2 Teachers'teaching style | 第28-29页 |
| 5．2．3 Classroom interaction patterns | 第29-31页 |
| 5．2．4 Teachers' evaluation on the students' learning | 第31-32页 |
| 5．3 Application of metacognitive strategies in the English learning process | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter VI ．Developing the students' AEL in middle school | 第35-38页 |
| 6．1 Raising the students'awareness for AEL | 第35-36页 |
| 6．2 Promoting the students' abilities to select and use learning strategies | 第36-37页 |
| 6．3 Testing approaches to monitor the autonomous learning | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter VII． Conclusions | 第38-42页 |
| 7．1 Main findings of the study | 第38-39页 |
| 7．2 Implications for the current English teaching and learning | 第39-40页 |
| 7．3 Constraints and recommendations for further study | 第40-42页 |
| References | 第42-45页 |
| Appendix A Table 5．4 Motivational factors involved in students'autonomous learning | 第45-46页 |
| Appendix B Table 5．5 Percentage of agreement with the teaching patterns | 第46-47页 |
| Appendix C 中学英语自主学习情况调查问卷 | 第47-50页 |
