在对英语专业新生存在问题分析的基础上,提出通过在课堂上使用合作式学习来提高学生的学习自主性。合作式学习能够使学生参与到使用目标语言进行交流的课堂活动中去,通过相互间的合作来进行主动性学习,并具备能够独立自如地使用目标语言进行交际的能力。 Based on the analysis of the existing problems of freshmen in English major, this paper proposes to improve students’ learning autonomy through the use of cooperative learning in the classroom. Cooperative learning enables students to participate in classroom activities that use the target language to communicate, to engage in proactive learning through mutual cooperation, and to have the ability to communicate independently in the target language.