Research On Reflective English Learning Of College Students

Learning is a lifelong task for everybody. Research on learning is one of the most important study contents in the education field. It is well-known that the essential aims of education is to make our students become effective, active, and self-regulated learners. So, it is quite necessary for us to study the learning style that can urge the students to learn to learn. Based on the interpretation of the modern educational ideas and the past and present researches on meta-cognition and the theories of reflective learning, we plan to carry out the research by combining the theories of reflective learning and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learning. In the research, we interpret the related theoretical foundation for reflection and reflective learning. Then, we reconstruct the definition of reflective learning and construct the theoretical model of reflective English learning. Meanwhile, we manage to experiment the reflective English learning style in the educational practice. It is proved in the experiment that reflective English learning, as a new learning style, can make our students develop active, positive learning feelings, attitudes and views on learning, can make our students develop the ability of learning to learn so as to get continuous developments in the world.This thesis consists five parts. Part I is an introduction that briefly presents the study background of reflection and reflective learning, the study methods and the main study tasks. In part II, we review and explain the theoretical foundation for reflection and reflective learning. In part III, we explained the connotation of reflective learning, construct the theoretical model of reflective learning, analyze the practical aspects of the organization of reflective learning. Part IV is the experimental research, which is carried out in the freshmen in a college. The last part, part VI is the conclusion for the thesis, which gives the major conclusion and possible problems in the research.