1.引言Littlewood(1996)曾在亚洲作过一项调查,发现这里的语言学习者不喜欢在课堂上发表自己的观点和提出问题,他们把知识看作是老师传授而不是自己发现的(Wardner和Miller,2002)。我国的中学生有着同样的问题。其实,学生天生是自我指导的学习者。因为“所有的学习都是自我指导和调节的。学生总是控制着自己的学习”(Ridley和Walther,2001),所以,英语教师在英语教学中培养学生自主学习的能力非常必要。 1. Introduction Littlewood (1996) conducted a survey in Asia and found that language learners here do not like to express their views and ask questions in class. They regard knowledge as being taught by a teacher rather than by himself (Wardner And Miller, 2002). Secondary school students in our country have the same problem. In fact, students are self-directed learners. Because “all learning is self-directed and regulated, students always control their own learning” (Ridley and Walther, 2001). Therefore, it is necessary for English teachers to develop students’ autonomous learning ability in English teaching.