自主学习在大学英语学习中的作用的实证研究的中期报告.docx

自主学习在大学英语学习中的作用的实证研究的中期报告

Abstract

Thisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheeffectsofself-directedlearningoncollegestudents’Englishlearningoutcomes.Theparticipantswere100collegestudentsmajoringinEnglishfromauniversityinChina.Thestudyemployedanexperimentaldesign,with50studentsintheexperimentalgroupreceivingguidanceandtraininginself-directedlearning,while50studentsinthecontrolgroupreceivedtraditionalteacher-directedinstruction.Datawerecollectedthroughpre-andpost-tests,aswellasquestionnaires.TheresultsshowedthattheexperimentalgroupmadesignificantimprovementsintheirEnglishproficiencylevelscomparedtothecontrolgroup.Additionally,theexperimentalgroupreportedhigherlevelsofmotivation,autonomy,andself-regulatedlearningbehaviors.Thesefindingssuggestthatself-directedlearningisaneffectiveapproachtoEnglishlanguagelearningincollegesettings.

Introduction

Self-directedlearninghasbeenrecognizedasaneffectiveapproachtopromotinglifelonglearningandhasbeenwidelyadoptedinvariouseducationalcontexts(Knowles,1975;Candy,1991;BrockettHiemstra,1991).Inrecentyears,self-directedlearninghasreceivedincreasingattentioninthefieldofforeignlanguagelearningaswell(Dam,2018;Benson,2011;OxfordShearin,1994).Ithasbeensuggestedthatself-directedlearningcannotonlyimprovelanguageproficiencybutalsoenhancelearners’motivation,autonomy,andcriticalthinkingskills(ChengZhang,2013;Little,1991).However,researchontheeffectivenessofself-directedlearninginforeignlanguagelearningisstilllimited,especiallyinthecontextofcollegeEnglishlearninginChina.

Thepresentstudyaimstoinvestigatetheeffectsofself-directedlearningoncollegestudents’Englishlearningoutcomes.Specifically,thestudyseekstoanswerthefollowingresearchquestions:

1.Whataretheeffectsofaself-directedlearningapproachoncolle