A study on web-based English autonomous learning of non-English major students

Author

Cao, Yang ; Zhao, Shuo ; Ma, Xuefei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Humanity, Law & Econ., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 April 2012

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

106

Abstract

Researches into the web-based autonomous English learning have been conducted in China for many years and many researches have come out in this field. This paper aims to present the results of a study on web-based learning of non-English major students. 125 Chinese undergraduate students were asked to report their learning motivations, learning styles and view on teachers´ roles. The findings of the study reveal that Chinese students are insufficiently motivated to take full control of their autonomous language learning. Based on the findings, some pedagogical implications are given to improve web-based autonomous English learning.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; Chinese students; Web-based English autonomous learning; autonomous language learning; learning motivations; learning styles; non-English major students; pedagogical implications; teachers roles; Computers; Economics; Educational institutions; Instruments; Knowledge engineering; Publishing; Autonomous learning; Learning motivations; Learning styles; Teachers´ roles; Web-based English teaching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2012 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1414-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CECNet.2012.6201627

Filename

6201627