PAGEviPAGE?2AComparativeanalysisofChineseandAmericanuniversitystudents’learningautonomy?MACROBUTTONNoMacro[typethesistitleHere]ByUnderthesupervisionofATHESISSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofBACHELOROFARTInEnglishLanguageandLiteratureCollegeofForeignLanguages?MACROBUTTONNoMacro[Nameofdegree]ShaanxiNormalUniversityMay,2014?MACROBUTTONNoMacro[Nameofdegree]?MACROBUTTONNoMacro[Year]AcknowledgementIwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmeduringthewritingofthisthesis.Igratefullyacknowledgethehelpofmysupervisor,Professor.xxxxxxxxxxxx,whohasofferedmevaluablesuggestionsintheacademicstudies.Inthepreparationofthethesis,hehasspentmuchtimereadingthrougheachdraftandprovidedmewithinspiringadvice.Withouthispatientinstruction,insightfulcriticismandexpertguidance,thecompletionofthisthesiswouldnothavebeenpossible.IalsooweaspecialdebtofgratitudetoalltheprofessorsinForeignLanguagesDepartment,fromwhosedevotedteachingandenlighteninglecturesIhavebenefitedalotandacademicallypreparedforthethesis.Ishouldfinallyliketoexpressmygratitudetomybelovedparentswhohavealwaysbeenhelpingmeoutofdifficultiesandsupportingwithoutawordofcomplaint.AComparativeAnalysisofChineseandAmericanUniversityStudents’LearningAutonomyAbstractGenerally,universitiesinChinaadoptthecultivationmodeofstringententryandstringentexit,whichisalsobasedontheneedstorespectpersonalitydevelopmentofcollegestudents.Asaresult,mostcollegestudentsarealwaysinafree-rangeeducationstateafterentryintouniversities:learningtasksaresuddenlyalleviated,andteachersandparentswillnotimposetoomuchstress.Instead,collegestudentsaremadetobeconfrontedwithnumerousconfusionsbyautonomousmanagementauthoritiesgiventothem.Theyhavenoideaabouthowtospendtheiracademiclifeandwhattodo.However,learningautonomyatmosphereisbetterinAmericanuniversities.InanAmericancampus,youcanseestudentslearninginvariousstyles.Somearedeepinthought,staringattheircomputers.Someareconcentratedonreadingwiththickbooksinhan