On The Cultivation Of Autonomy In Learning English In Junior Middle Schools On The Basis Of Language Learning Strategies

The new curriculum reform requires the teachers to develop the students’ learning strategies and improve their abilities of learning autonomy. Therefore, to help language learners develop autonomy in language learning emerges as a pedagogical goal of language learning and teaching.The major findings of the research reached the following conclusions:(1) The middle school students are not clear in English learning consistency as well as long-term target. (2)They are still lacking in the consciousness of English learning from a general perspective even though they have self-correcting sense to some extent. (3)They are not competent enough to effectively utilize learning tactics of different kinds even though they are already aware of the importance of doing so in English learning. (4)Their capability in assessing learning effect on their own is not strong enough. (5)Their exposure to extracurricular materials and activities is limited.In the experiment, students from the two experimental classes were trained to improve the English autonomous learning ability by cultivating their interests in learning English. Feasible learning goals and plans were made by students under the instruction of teachers; meanwhile students learned to manage their time for study, to use effective learning strategies and establish students-centered autonomous learning environment. The experiment lasted two academic years.All the results prove that if the teachers adopt relevant tactics to develop the learners’self-learning consciousness and inspire their interest in learning English, this would help the learners set up learning plans, manage their time reasonably timely implement self-assessment, and improve learning tactics.