【正文】 arning and fulfillment. So in the teaching process, the teacher should respect those who are lack of learning motivation, let them feel the love and the feeling of belonging to and help them understand the necessity of English learning, improve their understanding of the value of English learning by making them understand that English is an indispensable municative tool in the future work, learning and life. And this can also enhance their Englishlearning will, making them hopeful and confident, solving their problem and making progress. The United States chief humanistic psychologist, Rogers, states that people39。 autonomous learning, for there were a few obstacles during the process of cultivating autonomous learning ability. A. Obstacles on cultivating activities 1. Students39。 learning efficiency. III. Methods of Cultivating Middle School Students39。 creativity is closely related to their autonomy learning ability. The famous mathematician Hua Luogeng once said that creative inventions do not depend on others39。 learning in the school. After examination, students with high scores are those who mostly have autonomy learning ability because the independent learning ability can promote students39。 autonomy learning ability is not only the requirements of the quality education, but the needs of 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。 creation and exploration, which in practice ma kes students39。 autonomy learning ability is also the basic requirement of the latest education reform whose essential point is to change the tendency of focusing too much on direct teaching methods and to emphasize developing students’ positive learning attitude to obtain knowledge independently as well as the basically essential skills. Such reform highlights the necessity of students39。 subject status, which confirms that knowledge is scholars39。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。 help. As a result, the traditional teaching doesn’t help with students’ development, but produces a lot of students of high score but poor ability. Thus, an idea of learning and teaching e up as the times require. It is the conception of autonomous learning which was put forward in the 1960s. But not untill recent years were the new methods put into practice which gives new requirements to English teaching and changes the position of both the teacher and the student. Teachers are no longer the host of knowledge but the learners are the main body of learning. Only when the students have developed autonomous learning abilities can they do well in their future wholelife learning. Though it is a problem to make the learners adapt autonomy learning within a very short time, teacher can help them to understand how important a tool the autonomous learning is. In this paper, the writer manages to analyze the vital role of the autonomy learning, the characteristics and the methods of cultivating middle school students’ autonomy learning with the hope of helping English teachers and learners to change their traditional belief in learning and teaching. II. Autonomy Learning A. Definition Since the 1860s, many western famous educators have put forward the autonomy learning theory. They were the pioneers of education career, and their theory has played a pivotal role in our education field. Jean Piaget stated that all truth should be gained or rediscovered by students rather than simply handed to them. Holec regarded autonomy as the ability to take charge of one39。 Autonomy in English Learning I. Introduction In our traditional English teaching, the teachers were the central part, while the students play passive roles. The teachers39。 cultivation。 knowledge of English and English speaking countries and so on. Key words: autonomy。 individual development. It is believed that the autonomy learning ability has bee the basic skills of the young generations to survive in the fierce petitive society. In this paper the writer mentioned totally five methods of cultivating middle school st