Abstract and Key Words

Abstract：This study aims to investigate our college students’ learning strategies in the backdrop of web-based learning environment. This paper makes both quantitative and qualitative analysis of college students’ learning strategies in the backdrop of cyber learning environment through a number of questionnaires and interviews. It studies the current situation of cyber learners’ employment of the six English learning strategies. Students  tend to use social strategies, compensation strategies, metacognitive strategies. This paper also addresses the existing problems in the cyber English learning strategies as reflected in the survey. Learners are found to be unaware of English learning strategies or their importance and they have no interest in learning strategies. Some solutions to these problems are also suggested.

Key words：English-learning strategy；cyber environment
                                       
摘要：本文主要研究网络英语学习环境下的大学生学习策略的现状与问题。本文通过问卷和访谈对网络学习环境下大学生英语学习策略进行定量定性处理，揭示了网络学习者六类英语学习策略的使用现状，使用较多的是社交策略，补偿策略，元认知策略。探讨了大学生网络英语学习策略存在的问题，发现网络英语学习者缺乏学习策略的知识和对学习策略没有兴趣等。针对这些问题本文提出了一些解决方法。

关键词：英语学习策略；网络环境

1. Introduction
What are language learning strategies? Why do we need to study it? To put it simply, language learning strategies refer to what the learners think of or make use of when they have any difficulties in learning a language. However it seems that no unanimous opinion has ever been reached on the definition of learning strategies. Especially there has been some confusion of two terms: learning strategies and learner strategies. Therefore these two terms need to be distinguished in the first place. Rubin (1975) holds that learning strategies consist of three essential components: learning strategies, communication strategies and social strategies, while others believe that the two terms mean the same and are interchangeable. In my opinion, both learning strategies and learner strategies refer to what learners employ in the process of learning, and these two terms mean the same except that one stresses on the performer and the other stresses on the performance. Thus, it is acceptable to use either of them in expression. And in the present paper, learning strategy is the term that all discussions are based upon.