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2014届毕业生
毕业论文

题 目: An Analysis of Factors Influencing College Students’ Autonomous Learning of English

院系名称： 外语学院 专业班级： 英语F1001班
学生姓名： 学 号： 201048180101
指导教师： 教师职称： 副教授

2014年5 月 20 日

An Analysis of Factors Influencing College Students’ Autonomous Learning of English

School of Foreign Languages
of
Henan University of Technology
Supervisor: Cheng Xiongyong

 May 20，2014

Acknowledgements

Many people deserve my sincere thanks for helping me in all kinds of aspects and at various stages of completing this paper. First of all, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Cheng Xiongyong, who has generously given me so much of her time and vigor to read through the whole thesis and has offered me warm support and great encouragement I cannot thank his enough for her constructive suggestions, word-for-word scrutiny, and other expert guidance. Without his painstaking instruction, the completion of the present thesis would not have been possible.
My thanks also go to the scholars who have done a lot of research work on the comparison of different family values, and to the authors whose works I have quoted directly and indirectly.
Furthermore, I should also record very special thanks to my schoolmates Li Zhibin who gave me their patience and time in helping me with my work as a leader of this team during the tense course of the thesis.
Last but not the least; my thanks would go to my beloved parents for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through four years. Without their understanding and mutual support, I do not think I could enjoy the four-year university life. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends who supported me and accompanied me during the difficult course of the thesis.

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Abstract
In the past few decades, College English education in our country has obtained certain outstanding achievement. But there are also disadvantages. Many students have been learning English for more than ten years, but they still even cannot read texts and don't understand clearly the original film and music, even more students don’t communicate with foreigners directly. Over all, College English education level is not high, the traditional teaching mode is rigid, they often spend much time in studding English ,but the effect is lower (Dickinson 18). English talents from college is excellent in language knowledge, but the ability of language communication is very poor, they know a little foreign culture, they can get high marks, with the application of network technology, English education in China has brought an enormous and far-reaching influence, which makes the English teaching methods and learning methods change a lot. In 2007, education department issued “a new college English curriculum requirements “that stated clearly that "the new teaching model should be built by the support of information technology, which lets the English teaching is not limited by time and place, to warding the personalized learning, autonomous learning in the direction of development. It shows that College students' autonomous learning has become the focal point and core of college English teaching reform. The article attempts through the in-depth analysis of the influence factors of college students' autonomous learning, discussing that trains college students' English autonomous learning ability. Finally those improve the learning ability of college students and set the stage for life-long learning. The paper analyzes the factors that is divided into two parts .Those are internal cause and external cause which affect college students’ autonomous learning English in China. Firstly, it shows the connotation of autonomous learning and the influencing factors of college students' autonomous learning English in China for personal and social significance. Second, it analyzes mainly the internal causes of affecting college students' autonomous learning English and external of affecting college students' autonomous learning English. thirdly the article shows that survey design and analysis, finally the author Summarize the whole thesis and once again points out the importance of comparative study in this thesis.
Key words ：analysis: factor: influencing: college: autonomous: learning: English.

摘要

在过去的几十年里，我国的高校英语教育取得了一定令人瞩目的成绩，但是也存在很多不足之处。很多学生经过十几年的英语学习，甚至读不懂外文原版书籍，听不懂外文原版电影和歌曲，更不会和外国人直接交流。整体说来，高校英语教育水平不高，教学模式传统死板，英语学习费时低效，高校所培养出来的英语人才语言知识掌握的虽好，但是语言交际运用能力很差，对外国文化习俗知之甚少，高分低能的现象极为普遍。进21 世纪，随着网络技术的应用，给我国的英语教育带来了巨大而深远的影响，使英语教学方法和学习方法发生了变革。2007 年教育部高教司颁布了新版《大学英语课程教学要求》，明确指出新的教学模式应以现代信息技术，特别是网络技术为支撑，使英语教学不受时间和地点的限制，朝着个性化学习，自主学习的方向发展。由此可见，大学生的自主学习成为高校英语教学改革的焦点与核心。本文试图通过对大学生自主学习的影响因素的深入分析，探讨培养大学生英语自主学习能力的方法，最终提高大学生自主学习能力，为其成为具有终生学习能力的人打下良好的基础。
本文以调查问卷的形式从内因和外因来分析影响大学生自主学习的因素。第一部分将重点阐述自主学习的定义以及他对我们大学生的重大意义。第二部分将会展示调查问卷的设计和分析。第三部分重点分析影响大学生自主学习的因素。它包括两大块：内因和外因。最后一部分总结全文。

关键词：分析；因素；影响；大学；自主；学习；英语

Contents

Acknowledgment……………………………………………………………………………. i
Abstract (English)………………………………………………………………………………. .ii
Abstract (Chinese)………………………………………………………………………………iii
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..1
2. What is autonomous learning........………...............................2
3. The significance of English autonomous learning..................................................................2
4. Investigation of factors affecting Chinese college students’ autonomous learning.3
4.1 Research design……………………………………………………………………..…...5
4.2 Research analysis…………………………………………………………………..…....6
5. The influence factors of autonomous learning.....................................................................6
5.1 Internal factors.................................................7
5.2 External cause ..............................................................................................................9
6. Conclusion........................................................................................12
Works Cited……………………….................................………………………………………14

1. Introduction
With the rapid development of science and technology, social progress has change a lot .Now, lifelong learning is no longer a choice but a survival question for social individuals, autonomous learning ability is becoming more and more important. As in other fields, the language education of autonomous learning is becoming more and more attentive. The improvement of college students’ English autonomous learning ability(especially its revolutionthat is shifted from the autonomous consciousness to the autonomous practice )is not a simple longitudinal straight line process, the existence of many influence factors make it difficult and complicated (Harcourt Brace 199).
Our country have been exploring college English classroom teaching method for a long time, in order to improve teaching efficiency ,education department and many scholars try their best to complete it .therefore they think a lot of ways such as the use of multimedia classroom teaching and extracurricular, practice teaching etc., But the teacher is the teaching guider, students is the teaching subject, teaching efficiency can been improved truly when only students expend their learning initiative and enthusiasm in learning ,wherever is both in class or outside of class Only when improve students' ability of autonomous learning ,students can absorb knowledge and apply to real life and improve their practice ability.
We meet many causes preventing our autonomous learning, The factors are divided into two parts that are internal cause and external cause. Internal cause includes learning interest and learning aim and learning mood etc. External cause includes teaching mode and environment and companion etc. I will analyze mainly those causes in the paper. Fianly the paper will get many conclusions according to investigation.
2. What is autonomous learning?
Autonomous learning is that students can master their own learning, it is not a completely independent to complete learning tasks, it is that students emphasizes the learner as the focus and take advantage of effective use of all resources, it is the learning way that is opposite of learning by other peoples’ help and warning. Therefore it has much difference from autonomous learning. They have obvious differences between them; “self-study” is only a part of autonomous learning. It can be divided into three aspects: first part is that learners should have activity plans and arrangements in advance for their own learning; the seconds part that they should have activities supervision evaluation and feedback for their own learning, the last part is they must to adjust their own learning activities, shaping and control.
Due to the different researchers has different definition about autonomous learning theory position and Angle of view, so the unity on the definition of autonomous learning is very difficult. Zimmerman told a systemic summary about the definition of autonomous learning, summing up a total of three characteristics: (1) emphasizing the metacognitio, motivation and behavior aspects of the use of the self adjusting strategy;(2) the emphasis on autonomous learning is a kind of Self directed feedback loop process ,he think autonomous learners can monitor the effect of their learning methods and strategies, according to the feedback and adjust their learning process;(3) emphasis on autonomous learners should know that themselves make arrangement plan correctly according their condition .
3 .The significance of English autonomous learning
Comparing high school learning, University difference is active consciously learn to give priority .the college must to reduce dependence on teachers. University extent knowledge in depth and breadth based on high school. Classroom teaching is often an outline button collar, teachers teach only difficult speaking, the suspects, and the key and part the teachers’ experience in the classroom, the rest need them to learn understand and mastery through themselves, and this will require a strong learning consciousness, not like high school students by the teacher assigned, check and supervision (Holec 124). Therefore, cultivating and improving the ability of autonomous learning, is very necessary for college students. Learning in the university can't depend on teachers plan and arrangement; students can't simply and blindly accept the classroom teaching content and point of view, we must develop the subjective initiative fully and our potential in the study extent the critical learning and finally form their own unique academic views and opinions. The study way throughout the whole process of college learning and reflect a lot of aspects of university life. Such as learning, learning content and the choice of the learning method and so on. Today, knowledge update quickly, humans knowledge would double about three years, we have to learn to updated knowledge after we graduated from university and work, because the professional demand and knowledge of the rapid depreciation. At the same time, a lot of people will often switch careers in real life, we need to learn the professional knowledge and skills of the corresponding in their transformation .only in this way, we can adapt to a rapid changing society and survival. Therefore, it is not good during the university if we can not keep autonomous learning habit and updated knowledge We must change the traditional normal education form that the teacher is circle and adapt often the autonomous way, therefore As everyone knows, English is very important today. It has been used everywhere in the world. It has become the most common language on Internet and for international trade. If we can speak English well, we will have more chance to succeed. Because more and more people have taken notice of it, the number of the people who go to learn English has increased at a high speed. under the new conditions that knowledge is exploring , knowledge become rapid depreciation , people must change the traditional normal education that teacher play a very important role. We. must adopt the way of self directed learning (autonomous learning) to gain the knowledge of the skills that are required to work life. In addition, the new type of lifelong education system must be based on security of individual lifelong learning, and autonomous learning skills are very essential to our life (Chen 2008). Secondly, the current school education on various aspects of the outstanding problems can be resolved through the introduction of autonomous learning mode. At the same time, in terms of the student individual character, autonomous learning can also meet the needs of personality development, and improve the quality of learning.
4. Investigation of factors affecting Chinese college students’ autonomous learning
4.1. Research design
On the basis of the literature review of learner English autonomy and the view of factors affecting college students’ English autonomous learning, a questionnaire and an in-depth interview were carefully designed and carried out．
4.1.1. 0bjectives of the Investigation The study Was designed to address the Following four questions：
1. What general attitudes do Chinese college students hold toward learner autonomy?
in English as a foreign Language at present?
2. What are the factors and what extent they affect Chinese students’ English autonomous learning?
3. Are there any correlations between learners’ language proficiency and internal and external
Factors.
4. The influence of Chinese culture on college students’ autonomous learning
4.1.2 Subjects
The subjects who participated in this research were 500 college Students (270 males,230 females)from four universities. Details of the participants Are presented in the following tabular form：Master’s Thesis
Chinese College Students’ Autonomous Learning
Schools
Male
Female
Grade’
Sum
Henan University
of technology
61
59
Three year
120
Zhengzhou University
75
65
Three year
140
Zhengzhou University of Light Industry
86
49
Second year
135
Henan University of Economics and Law
47
57
Second year
104
Sum
270
230

500
The students carried from different departments and were of various majors of both arts and sciences. We took the subjects from Henan University of technology and Zhengzhou University as proficient language learners, and those from Zhengzhou University of Light Industry and Henan University of Economics and Law as less proficient ones accor