Abstract
Learner’s autonomy has changed many aspects of society. At the same time Learner’s autonomy has become one of the most popular issues in education, especially in language learning. A large number of countries come to realize the importance of the learner’s autonomy in colleges and the significance of mastering the knowledge and basic skills of it in education. China is no exception. Since China has a considerable amount of English learners, more and more teachers, experts and organizations begin to pay attention to learner’s autonomy in the language teaching and learning process, which has been regarded as some kind of improvement and reform in the field of education. Therefore, research on learner’s autonomy towards learning English as a foreign language among college students in China is very important. This paper is divided into seven parts: the first part is the background of College English learner’s autonomy in China; the second part explains the main factors influencing the learner’s autonomy; the third part describes the different approaches to increase learner’s autonomy; the fourth part focuses on the current problems in learner’s autonomy; the fifth part is about solutions to solve the problems; the next part states the application of learner’s autonomy; the last part is the conclusion. All in all, this paper attempts to contribute to the growing understanding of learner’s autonomy, especially towards English teaching and learning among college students in China, which will be extremely beneficial for the improvement of quality of English education, and hopefully offer some references for the future researches in this area.
Highlights
Learner’s autonomy refers to the "ability to control self-learning" (Holec, 1981), that is, someone can make decisions on all aspects of the learning process, which is an active constructive learning process. Holec (1981) believes that such decisions include: setting learning goals; Determine the content, pace and method of study; and the monitoring and evaluation of the learning process and effectiveness
Shen (2020) further clarified the definition and category of autonomous English learning ability based on the characteristics of college English learners in
Learner’s autonomy is influenced by both external environmental factors and learners' inner factors, such as motivation, strategy, self-efficacy and so on. It can be changed through the acquired efforts of individuals, which is the key to improve the ability of autonomous learning
Summary
Since in the student's whole life, school plays an important role which can have a certain impact on the autonomous learning, such as the teaching mode of the school, the content of textbooks, educational technology, classroom management mode and so on (Ou, 2017). Teachers should do the following three things: 1) help learners to analyze their learning needs and language needs, set short - and long-term goals, develop learning plans, select learning materials, and organize interactions, so as to help learners to conduct autonomous learning; 2) To help learners assess the basis of the language, monitor the learning process, and conduct effective self-assessment and peer assessment so that learners can evaluate themselves; 3) In order to accomplish the above tasks, teachers should train learners, improve their language awareness and learning awareness, and help learners to identify their own learning style and use appropriate learning strategies. It is the first thing for us is to let students understand that autonomous learning is important
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