自主性，或学习者自我管理自己学习过程的能力，已成为语言教育中的一个重要概念，与自学、远程教育、计算机辅助语言学习，外语培训、课堂教学以及课程设计等诸多教学活动都有关联。《自主性研究与教学》全面系统地介绍和讨论了语言学习中的自主性以及与之相关的教育活动领域。本书详细介绍了自主性这一概念的定义及历史来源；分类回顾了有关自主性的理论研究和具体应用；通过实例介绍了实践中培养和促进语言学习自主性的一些方法和尝试，就如何促进学习者的自主性为读者提供了诸多可供借鉴之处。

General Editors' Preface

Author's Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section h What is autonomy?

The history of autonomy in language learning

Origins of the concept

Autonomy and self-access

Autonomy and learner training

Autonomy and individualisation

Autonomy and interdependence

Why autonomy? Why now?

The two faces of autonomy

Autonomy beyond the field of language education

Educational reform

Adult education

The psychology of learning

Political philosophy

Defining and describing autonomy

Levels of control

Measuring autonomy

Autonomy and culture

Control as a natural attribute of learning

Self-management in learning

Learner agendas in the classroom

Control of psychological factors influencing learning

The seeds of autonomy

Levels of control

Control over learning management

Control over cognitive processes

Control over learning content

Conclusion

Section II: Autonomy in practice

Fostering autonomy

Resource-based approaches

Self-access

Self-instruction and distance learning

The effectiveness of resource-based learning

Technology-based approaches

Computer-assisted language learning

The Internet

The effectiveness of technology-based approaches

Learner-based approaches

Learner development and language learning

Learner development and autonomy

The effectiveness of learner-based approaches

Classroom-based approaches

Planning classroom learning

Evaluating classroom learning

The nature of control in the classroom

The effectiveness of classroom-based approaches

Curriculum-based approaches

The process syllabus

Examples of curriculum-based approaches

The effectiveness of curriculum-based approaches

Teacher-based approaches

Teacher roles

Teacher autonomy

The effectiveness of teacher-based approaches

Conclusion

Section III: Researching Autonomy

Research methods and key areas of research

Action research

Key areas of research

Case studies

Case study: ethnicity and attitudes towards autonomy

Case study: out-of-class learning

Case study: reflection

Case study: decision making in the process syllabus

Case study: language acquisition in autonomous

classrooms

Case study: developing autonomy

Conclusion

Section IV: Resources

Resources for research and practice

Books, journals and newsletters

Conferences and workshops

Professional associations

E-mail lists

Web sites

Bibliographies

Self-access centres

References

Index