加德纳等著的《外语自主学习(理论与实践)/外语教学法丛书》针对外语学习是否只能在常规的课堂中进行？在教师相对缺乏而学习者又具有相当的自主学习能力的情况下，是否可以采用其他一些切实可行的方法等问题进行了阐述。

本书的读者对象为从事外语教学的各级教师、研究人员和英语专业的研究生。对于具有相当语言水平且希望开展外语自学的科技专业的学生和广大科技工作者也有一定的参考价值。

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Introduction

PART 1 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

 1 Background to self-access language learning

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Definitions

1.3 Elements of self-access

1.4 Issues in establishing self-access

1.5 SALLenvironments

1.6 Justifying SALL

1.7 The costs of SALL

1.8 Summary

1.9 Tasks

1.10 For discussion

 2 Learners' and teachers' beliefs and attitudes about language learning

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Learners' beliefs about language learning

2.3 Teachers' beliefs about language learning

2.4 Differences between learners' and teachers' beliefs about language learning

2.5 Culturalinfluences

2.6 Preparing learners for self-access language learning

2.7 Preparing teachers for self-access language learning

2.8 Learners' and teachers' beliefs about self-access language learning

2.9 Summary

2.10 Tasks

2.11 For discussion

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