自主学习是以发展学生的个性为目标,让学生在学习的过程中更好地发挥主动性和积极性,从而使学生成为学习的主体。独立学院学生的英语水平参差不齐,大多数学生英语基础薄弱,自主学习意识不强。阅读和翻译在英语学习的过程中起着至关重要的作用,本文作者以自己所在的学校为例,介绍了自主学习在独立学院大学英文报刊阅读翻译中的实践及意义,笔者还结合了自身工作实践提出了此活动过程中值得注意的问题。 Autonomous learning is to develop the personality of students as the goal, so that students in the learning process to better play the initiative and enthusiasm, so that students become the main body of learning. Independent college students have different levels of English. Most students are weak in English and have a poor sense of autonomous learning. Reading and translating play a crucial role in the process of English learning. The author of this article, taking his own school as an example, introduces the practice and significance of independent study in reading and translation of English newspapers and periodicals in independent colleges. The author also combines his own Work practices put forward some notable issues in the process of this activity.