Establishment of a learner environment which promotes autonomous language study at the university level

要达到高水平的英语交流能力，长期有效的学习是绝对必要的。由于我们大学的英语课数量有限，自学的作用变得更大。此外，随着中等教育每周必修英语课数量的减少，进入大学的学生之间的熟练程度差异也越来越大。基于以上两个条件，本研究旨在建构一个自主学习原型，以帮助学生进行有效的自主学习。参与该项目的教师在对学生进行调查/问卷调查后，询问了诸如自学动机、他们可以为此目的抽出的时间以及他们可以舒适地使用的媒体等项目，并在他们的课程中纳入了学生自学的各种辅助设备和提示，例如，以作业的形式，并鼓励学生在朋友之间交流/分享他们使用的学习材料的信息。这大大增强了学生自学英语的积极性。2.由于发现每个学生对教材的需求差异很大，该项目根据学生的水平、他们想要提高的技能以及他们可以使用的媒体，提出了一个系统化的教材清单。这份清单不仅包含了可用的材料，而且还包含了学生对使用材料的评论。事实证明，这对学生是有帮助的，上述成就清楚地反映在越来越多的学生在完成了必修的英语课程后继续自学。

To attain a high level of proficiency in communication in English, effective learning over a long period of time is absolutely necessary. With a limited number of English classes at our university, the role of self-study has become greater. Also with the reduction of the number of compulsory English classes per week in secondary education, there have been greater differences in levels of proficiency observed among the students entering universities. Given the above two conditions, this project has aimed at the construction of a prototype autonomous study program for the purpose of aiding students to carry out effective self-study.Two major achievements of the project are as follows :1. The teachers working in conjunction with this project, after making surveys/ questionnaires asking students about such items as motivation for self-study, the time they can spare for that purpose, and the media they can comfortably use, incorporated into their lessons various assistance devices and tips for students' self-study, e.g., in the form of assignments and in encouraging students to exchange/share information about the study materials they have used among friends. This greatly enhanced the motivation of the students to study English on their own.2. Because it has been found that there is great variation in the needs of individual students concerning the materials, the project came up with a systematized list of teaching materials students can use, depending on their levels, the skills they want to improve, and the media they can use. This list contains not only the materials available but also the comments of students upon using the materials. It has proved helpful for the students.The above achievements have been clearly reflected in the increase in the number of students who continue the process of self-study even after having finished taking required English classes.