最新的《高中英语课程标准》提出:要注重培养和提升学生的自主学习素质,这不仅是素质教育对于英语教学工作的关键要求,也是当前社会和企业对于高素质人才的客观需要。本文首先介绍了自主学习理论的起源和长期的发展背景,紧接着分析了高中英语教学存在的诸多问题和现实状况,并且阐述了自主学习的诸多重要特征,最后通过结合作者的长期的教学实践经验与统计调查结果,提出培养和提升学生自主学习能力的相应策略。 The latest “High School English Curriculum Standards” put forward: It is necessary to pay attention to cultivating and improving students’ autonomous learning quality. This is not only the key requirement of quality education for English teaching but also the objective needs of the society and enterprises for high-quality talents. This paper first introduces the origin and long-term development background of autonomous learning theory, then analyzes many problems and reality of senior high school English teaching, and expounds many important characteristics of autonomous learning. Finally, by combining the author’s long-term teaching practice experience And the results of the survey, put forward the corresponding strategies for cultivating and enhancing the students’ autonomous learning ability.