Author(s)

Liu Jie ¹, Cheok Mui Yee ², Benjamin Chan Yin Fah ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Guangzhou City Construction College, Guangzhou, China
² Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Corresponding Author

Liu Jie

ABSTRACT

Students in autonomous learning situations choose their own learning objectives, carry out their own learning assignments, and learn independently while still being supervised by their instructors. Significant progress has been made in higher education as of late due to the widespread use of English-learning websites and apps by English professors as a supplement to their regular teaching. The "bottleneck" of autonomous English learning is "lack of motivation," despite the fact that learning motivation appears to be a critical factor in supporting autonomous English learning. A small percentage of today's college students in Guangdong P.R. China's domestic colleges have difficulty grasping English. The majority of the comments at the bottom of the page focus on issues that make it difficult to learn English on one's own, such as a lack of interest, a lack of knowledge about how to learn English, a lack of excitement for studying, etc. The majority of college students are unable to adequately build the awareness of English independent learning, despite the fact that this is the most effective approach for learning English according to this theory. It is feasible to acquire a comprehensive picture of college students' motivation by assessing the current condition of English self-study in our country and by analyzing all of the factors that influence their motivation. This thesis will next provide practical ideas and recommendations for fostering autonomous in English language acquisition among college students, having first highlighted such crucial aspects.

KEYWORDS

Motivation, English autonomous Learning, college students

CITE THIS PAPER

Liu Jie, Cheok Mui Yee, Benjamin Chan Yin Fah, Study on College Students' Autonomous English Learning Motivation in Guangdong Province P. R. China. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2023) Vol. 5: 61-70. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2023.050310.

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