本文从唤起学生自主学习的热情、增强学生自主学习的动机、教会学生自主学习的方法、培养学生自主学习的意识、提高学生自主学习的信心、丰富学生自主学习的内涵等方面,结合英语教学的实际,阐述了培养学生自主学习能力的途径与方法,旨在探讨自主学习在中学英语教学中的应用价值。 This essay starts from arousing enthusiasm of students ’self-learning, enhancing their motivation of self-regulated learning, teaching their students to learn independently, cultivating students’ awareness of self-regulated learning, enhancing students ’confidence in autonomous learning and enriching the content of students’ autonomous learning. In fact, it elaborates ways and methods of cultivating students’ autonomous learning ability, and aims to explore the value of autonomous learning in middle school English teaching.