【正文】 tes about the development of lifelong learning skills and the development of independent thinkers. It is featured by being able to set clear goals and objectives, fostering positive attitude and motivation, selecting appropriate learning strategies, making learning plans, monitoring the learning process, and evaluating one’s learning to train this kind of learner autonomy. Learner autonomy is of vital importance for a teacher to bear in mind what teachers have to do is to equip students with the means to cope with problems when teachers are no longer around.2. Autonomous reading. Definition of autonomous reading.Autonomous reading is that: guided by the teacher at beginning, the students make reading plans by themselves, monitor their reading process while they undertake independently the tasks, and assess the reading oute. When being autonomous readers, they can fulfill the reading tasks without the teacher’s help. They are eager to read, activate to participant in the reading activities that they devise by themselves and fully show up their creativeness. They can find materials by themselves, and also make good use of time, resources and so on. The whole process is pleted primarily out of class.Through the autonomous reading activities, learners will feel confident and have a sense of acplishment. Some of the decision making and the responsibility for learning will be put in their hands, and over the long term it builds autonomy and selfreliance so that they can read on their own without being dependent on their teacher’s direction and supervision. It activates the students’ own learning spirals.In short, the ultimate aim of the autonomous reading of extracurriculum is to make the learners bee autonomous readers, and pave the way for them to be lifetime autonomous learners. Importance of English reading in EFLL (English as foreign language learning)In respect to English reading, it is an indispensable part in English teaching. Also, to the student, reading widely is a highly effective means of extending our mastering of language, so it has an important place in classrooms where language learning is the central purpose.Further, reading is suggested to be an indispensable cognitive activity in human society. Frank Smith’s slogan says: We learn to read by reading (Frank Smith, 1988). When we reading a lot, we will find this slogan is true, and this provides another slogan: The best way to improve your knowledge of a foreign language is to go and live among its speakers. The next best way is to read extensively in it.(Nuttall, 2002:129) Through reading, we grasp sufficient language knowledge, understand how to municate with foreigners smoothly. Reading materials, it is believed that, provide good models for English writing. When we teach the writing skill, we will need to show students models of what we are encouraging them to do. Reading materials also provide opportunities to study language: vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, and the way we construct sentences, paragraphs and texts. Moreover, good reading materials can stimulate students’ interest, then they can learn initiatively if they are interested in the reading materials.Since we are in an era of globalization, the upgrading of knowledge and transmission of information is being greatly rapid. It is no doubt that English is being the international language nowadays. It is statistic that among the world populations, over 40 percent speaks English or can speak English. In addition, about 20 percent people are learning English。只要教師在教學過程中重視強化學生的閱讀動機，提高學生的閱讀興趣，培養(yǎng)學生的閱讀策略，學生是能夠具備自主閱讀的能力的。同時，教師要注重喚起學生的閱讀興趣，激發(fā)他們的閱讀動機，培養(yǎng)學生掌握科學的學習策略和學習目標，充分利用各種渠道，拓寬自己的閱讀材料范圍。本文以自主閱讀的重要性和優(yōu)點為開端，接著從學習者的態(tài)度，動機，閱讀策略，學習目標和閱讀材料出發(fā)，說明了學生自主閱讀中所存在的問題，進而提出了解決問題的辦法。本文作者認為，要提高學習者的英語能力，培養(yǎng)其自主閱讀能力是一個有效途徑。英語比以往任何時候更顯重要。畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計）. Thesis On Cultivating Students’ Autonomous Reading Ability in Senior High Schools . Candidate: Zeng YiAdvisor: Deng Chunyan Foreign Language DepartmentJiaying UniversityMay 22, 2008AcknowledgementsI wish to express my thanks and appreciation to my tutor, Miss Deng, whose careful reading and suggestions have been valuable to me throughout my thesis writing. My thanks should also be given to all the teachers who have taught me my BA courses. Without their enthusiasm and support, this work would not have been possible. I am also grateful to my classmates and roommates for their psychological support and encouragement. In particular, I own a special debt of thanks to Cai Xiaofang, who has given me many suggestions to revise the paper. AbstractWith the development of the world’s politics, economy, and culture, the international munication is being more and more mon now. As we know, most international organizations use English as their working language, and most of the international trades are done in English, so English is being more and more important. However, the efficiency of learning and teaching English in middle schools is not satisfying. The author of this paper thinks that cultivating students’ autonomous reading ability is an efficient way to improve students’ English.Autonomous reading is derived from selfaccess language learning, which means students read English according to the plans which they work out themselves. In the process of reading, they can use proper reading strategies to monitor their own reading and assess their reading. In