自主学习是大学英语教学诸多改革中的一项主要课题,也是转变教师观念、激发学生潜能的重要教学方法。本文阐述了自主学习的理论依据,论述了本科生阶段和研究生阶段学生自主学习能力的异同,提出了两个阶段英语教学的衔接问题,探讨了承接不同阶段学生自主学习的教学模式。 Autonomous learning is one of the major topics in many reforms of college English teaching and an important teaching method to change teachers’ concepts and stimulate their potential. This article expatiates the theoretical basis of autonomous learning, expounds the similarities and differences between undergraduate and postgraduate students’ autonomous learning ability, puts forward the cohesion problem of the two stages of English teaching, and probes into the teaching modes of undertaking autonomous learning at different stages.