Exploring Self-Related Factors Affecting Autonomous English Learning among Adult Distance Learners in China
This paper investigates the self-related factors that influence autonomous English learning among adult distance learners in China.The study sampled 257 Chinese adult distance learners and instrumented online questionnaire to collect data on six self-related factors:goal setting,environment structuring,learning strategies,time management,help seeking,and self-evaluation.The collected data were then compared and analyzed in four dimensions:gender,major,duration of studies,and age.Findings indicate that:1)female students generally scored higher than male students on the questionnaire,although the difference was not significant;2)there were no significant differences in scores between students of different majors,but students of science and engineering majors tended to score higher than those of arts and management majors;3)students who had been studying for 1-2 years scored significantly higher on the factor of environment structuring than those who had been studying for less than a year;4)there were significant differences in scores on the factors of environment structuring and time management between students aged 30 and below and those above 30.
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