Language learning strategies and online autonomous English learning ability

Abstract

This research is titled " Language Learning Strategies and Online autonomous English Learning Ability," which aims to determine the language learning strategies that Chinese college students apply in their study and the factors that influence the autonomous English learning ability of students. Specifically, it sought answers to the following questions: 1. What are the language learning strategies of medicine students.? 2. What are the factors that affect the online autonomous English learning ability of medicine students: a. external conditions b. learning goals c. learning resources; and d. learning monitoring learning evaluation? 3. What is the relationship between language learning strategies and the online autonomous English learning ability of medicine students? The researcher used a quantitative design to conduct the thesis, and the subjects of this study were undergraduate medicine students at Zhengzhou University, and the number of samples was 275. There were two questionnaires applied in this thesis. The first one was the strategy inventory for language learning (SILL), developed by Rebecca Oxford in 1990 and contains 50 items. The second one was adapted from a Chinese researcher, Liao Jinlian. The researcher created the output, which was a guide to enhance students' autonomous English learning ability, thus yielding better English proficiency.