A Study On The Cultivation Of Autonomous Learning Through English Revision Class In Senior Middle School

Since implementation of quality education, cultivating student’s autonomous learningability has become the priority for teachers. The new English curriculum standard for seniormiddle school students also states that cultivation of autonomous learning ability of seniormiddle school students is regarded as an important objective. Many scholars have conductedresearches on the cultivation of autonomous learning ability in order that learner can bemotivated to learn with curiosity and interest, gradually forms good learning habit and learnsactively. Then the learner can enjoy the pleasure of the whole learning process. It is beneficialto improve learning efficiency as well as lays sound foundation for life-long learning anddevelopment of learner.The review of previous studies on autonomous learning home and abroad shows thatmost of the studies pay much attention to the theory introduction and lack of empirical study.In addition, some studies focus on the class instruction and neglect preview and revision ofthe lesson. For instance, Huang Wenjing’s article (2007) on cultivating learning autonomy insenior high school’s English classroom; Zhangyan’s (2013) an inquiry into autonomous一cooperative English learning in junior schools; Feng Haiyun’s (2010) a study on theimprovement of learner autonomous learning capacity on the basis of theme-based instructionmodel in college English teaching. To fill the gap, this thesis concentrates on the cultivation ofautonomous learning ability from the perspective of revision class. The study aims tomotivate students’ whole learning process through the change of mode of revision class sothat the students can improve their learning interest, form good learning habit and promote thecultivation of autonomous learning ability of senior middle school students accordingly.The experiment was conducted on the basis of constructivism and humanism astheoretical framework, lasting four months. The subjects of the experiment are the students ofa senior middle school in Tangshan. Through the questionnaires, interview and test, theexperiment discusses the following three questions：(1)What is the current situation of student’s autonomous learning ability in senior middleschool?(2)Does the mode of revision class promote learner’s autonomous learning ability?(3)How does this mode of revision class improve autonomous learning ability?The result indicates that the characteristic of the current situation of autonomous learningability in senior middle school are as follow:1. lacking learning motivation;2.low ability toself-monitor;3. being short of scientific and systematic learning method;4. having poorawareness to self-evaluate. The analysis of the test result after the experiment was conductedfor a term shows that the score of the EC is clearly higher than that of the CC; the questionnaire also indicates that the overall level of autonomous learning ability of EC ishigher than that of CC in terms of learning interest, self-monitor, learning strategy andself-evaluation. In addition, the interview also indicates that this mode of class is welcome bythe students. Being the center of the class, the students developed their creative ability andtheir learning interest was also aroused. Through review of the whole experiment and analysisof the result, the study makes a conclusion on the strategy to cultivate the autonomouslearning ability in the experiment. Firstly, this revision mode motivates the whole learningprocess and helps students form good learning habit; Next, this class also helps students formthe habit of self-reflection, which is an important way to correct and improve. Thirdly, thestudents’ learning interest is motivated through some class activities in the experiment such as:group discussion, pupil teacher. Fourthly, this method helps students make self-monitor. Theface to face conversation between the teacher and the student after class is a good way to giveimmediate direction for the improvement of learning state and learning method of the studentsand it is also encouragement for the student to make effort to learn well on and on.At the last part of the thesis, the author points out the disadvantage of the thesis. Theresearch on autonomous learning still needs to continue to explore and the author hopes thatthe study will be helpful for the further researches.