随着教学改革的深化,人们对“授之以鱼”还是“授之以渔”已达成共识,传授知识只是一种手段,让学生掌握获得知识的方法和能力才是教育的目的。因此,在初中英语教学中培养学生的自学能力是非常必要的。本文从指导学生学会预习、培养学生学习兴趣、突出学生个性差异和加强学生课外阅读四方面入手,探讨了初中英语教学中培养学生自学能力的有效策略。 With the deepening of the teaching reform, people have reached a consensus on “giving a fish” or “giving a fish”, and imparting knowledge is only a means for students to master the methods and abilities of acquiring knowledge before they are educated purpose. Therefore, it is very necessary to cultivate students’ self-learning ability in junior high school English teaching. This article starts from guiding students to learn preview, cultivating students’ interest in learning, highlighting individual differences and strengthening students’ extracurricular reading, and discusses the effective strategies of cultivating students’ self-learning ability in junior high school English teaching.