How to improve College Students’ Autonomous?

Studies on autonomous learning based on different theories show new ideas for teaching English. This study investigated 60 college students taking English reading course. A Nelson test was used to homogenize learners. For Group A, four periods of computer-aided learning were offered per week in order to strengthen the students’ autonomous learning competence. The students in Group B were taught in a traditional way, working in classrooms for eight periods. The independent t-test was used to determine whether the means of the two groups were statistically different from each other or not. The most significant findings are that the new method promoted studentsʹ English language much better than that of traditional methods. The findings of this study are useful for teachers to apply motivative methods to improve learners’ motivation. Also, students who take responsibility for their learning enjoy the freedom and power to make decisions in their learning. Knowing that learning is a product of one’s own activities, a student feels more rewarded and enhances his/ her courage to get involved in an active learning process.