【正文】 ugh the world into 看破紅塵 . In addition, teachers can introduce some proverbs in to their lectures probably, such as No pains No gains, He laughs who laughs last, All roads lead to Rome. In this way, students can understand some simple English language could express Chinese idioms and can also give a vivid language image. Respecting students and creating a harmonious relationship between teachers and students work a lot in English learning. The creation of a harmonious relationship between teachers and students is the first important influencing factor of smooth teaching, is the premise to mobilize students39。 view, increase their knowledge. According to students39。 autonomous learning. 4. Developing students39。 learning mood or even learning result. In order to inspire the students to understand English, teachers should do some appropriate activities and gestures. For example, teachers can ask students to have a roleplay according to the main idea of the passage, letting students understand at a glance. In addition, the teachers should also be affable and speak English language at a moderate speed, creating happy English classroom atmosphere. 2. Organizing English extracurricular activities Psychology Education Research shows that it is of great help for Chinese students39。 English learning by paying attention to the knowledge content that students must master, such as some high frequency words, usually examed phrases and sentence patterns. Moreover, in English teaching, teachers should make sure students have grasped what they have learned, and then stimulate their pursuit of new knowledge again. Only after this can teachers know what the students have learned, what the new teaching material requirements are, and what the relationship is between the former two. In addition, English teachers must improve their professional knowledge level and they also must understand western customs, British and American history and so on. For this will help broaden students39。t pay attention to students39。 learning motivation. (c) Low selfimage. The selfimage is about the learners39。 learning efficiency. III. Methods of Cultivating Middle School Students39。 interest and enthusiasm of their learning. It seriously influences healthy growth of the new generations. New reform advocates students to participate in their learning actively, to explore new knowledge, to deal with the function of information, to practice problem solving skills and to gain the ability of munication and cooperation. Therefore, the ability of autonomy learning bees the first target of the educational reform. At present, with the deeper enforcement of the reform, students are expected to learn independently and creatively. There are a lot of requirements in teaching material, asking students to discuss, to obtain new knowledge independently. These also require students to have a strong ability of independent learning. 3. The needs of students39。s own learning process independently, including making study goals, being clear about the study content, adapting to the learning environment and overing psychological problems. B. Characteristics 1. Setting goals and making plans before learning Drawing up learning plans can improve one’s learning. Based on their own reality, every student should have his own learning objectives, learning to arrange selflearning time and learning task. Besides, a good learning plan makes the students clink their learning achievement to the goals of learning, which makes learning process a clear purpose, so as to promote the realization of the target of the learning. 2. Monitoring their learning In the traditional education mode, teachers play the chief role, while students accept knowledge passively. But in the autonomy learning mode students explore independently under the guidance of teachers. Students change from passive knowledge receivers into active knowledge obtainers, and teaching means has also been changed from the simple knowledge transferring to arousing students39。 knowledge of English and English speaking countries and so on. Key words: autonomy。 autonomy………………… 8 1. Cultivating students39。 lack of motivation and interest in English learning… ...…… ...5 2. Bad influences on students of traditional teaching…………………… ..7 3. False habits students had developed………………… ..……………… ..7 B. Methods of cultivating middle school students39。 interest in English study, anizing a variety of English extracurricular activities and developing students39。s own learning. Kenny stated that autonomy is not only the freedom to learn but also the opportunity to bee a person. Dickingson held that autonomy is a situation in which the learner is pletely responsible for all of the decisions concerned with their learning and the implementation of these decisions. The writer in this paper does not agree Holec any more, autonomy learning ability is a kind of ability that one can take charge of one39。 misunderstand the nature of learning and makes learning bee a passive process of memorizing, destroying students39。 teaching, but by their own thoughts. They do by themselves, achieving and making progresses finally. So, the autonomy learning ability helps with students’ development. 4. The requirements of improving learning efficiency Learning efficiency is not only the key to the classroom teaching but also the key to the implementation of quality education. In the classroom the autonomy learning is not totally independent selflearning. Students should not blindly follow the teacher but preview before classes, enthusiastically participate in the class, check leakage occurring in time after classes and give full play to their own initiative. Furthermore, teachers should try to change the conception of forcing students to learn into t