《语文课程标准》十分强调学生的自主学习,应该看到,在我们现在的课堂中教师有了让学生“自主学习”的意识,也有了一些“自主学习”的形式。但是,“自主学习”不仅仅是我们追求的一种方式,更应该是学生的一种内在的学习品质、学习能力,这是一种独立学习的能力。怎样才能保证学生自主学习的权利,提高学生自主学习的能力呢?笔者曾有幸走进美国的课堂,听了多节语文课,在听课中思维不断受到冲击,在比较中我发现了我们的优势与特长,也感受到我们的差距。虽然几节课不能代表美国课堂的全部,但我们还是能从中得到很多启示,尤其是教师在学生“自主学习”中的作用,学生在课堂上自主学习能力的体现。一、问题的价值与学生的自主学习在美国的阅读教学中,教师在课堂中的主要任务为学生的自主学习提供良好的外部环境和支撑性条件,提出焦点性 The standard of Chinese Curriculum places great emphasis on students’ autonomous learning. It should be noted that teachers in our present classroom have the awareness of students “autonomous learning ”, and also have some forms of “autonomous learning ”. However, “autonomous learning ” is not only a way we pursue, but also an intrinsic learning quality of students, learning ability, which is an independent learning ability. How to ensure the rights of students to learn independently and improve students’ ability to learn independently? I had the honor to enter the classroom in the United States, listening to more than one Chinese class, thinking in the class continued to be affected, in the comparison I found our strengths And expertise, but also feel our gap. Although several classes can not represent all the American classrooms, we can still get a lot of inspiration from them, especially the role of teachers in students ’autonomous learning and the students’ self-learning ability in the classroom. First, the value of the problem and the students ’autonomous learning In the teaching of reading in the United States, the main task of teachers in the classroom is to provide a good external environment and supportive conditions for students’ autonomous learning and to put forward the focus