1。3 Purpose of the research 2

2。 Literature Review 3

2。1 Self-Control 3

2。1。1 The Concept of self-control 3

2。1。2 Self-control on the achievements of human being。 3

2。2 Self-control and second language learning 3

2。2。1 Self-control and learning in general 3

2。2。2 Self- control and second language learning 4

2。3 Self-control strategies 6

2。3。1 The concept of self-control strategies 6

2。3。3 Self -control strategy training 6

3 Research Design 7

3。1 Research Questions 7

3。2 Participants 7

3。3 Instruments 8

3。3。1 Questionnaire 8

3。3。2 Tests 8

3。3。3 Interview 8

3。4 Proceduce 8

3。4 Self-Control Strategy源Y于Y优E尔Y论L文W网wwW.yOueRw.com 原文+QQ752018.766   Training 8

3。4。1 Time management strategy training 8

3。4。2 Learning goals strategy training 9

3。4。3 Metacognitive awareness strategy training 10

4 Data Collection and Analysis 10

4。1 The relationship between students’ self-control capacity and their English performance 11

4。2 The Correlation Between Students’ Self-Control and English performance 11

4。3 The effects of self-control strategy training on students' English performance 13

4。4 The most influencial strategies among students from different grades 13

5 Conclusion 17

5。1 Major findings and suggestions 17

5。2 Limitation and future expectation 17

Reference 18

Appendix 20

Appendix 1  SCS（Self-Control Scale） 20

Appendix 2 Test paper for pre-test 20

Appendix 3 Test paper for post-test 20

1。 Introduction

This part gives a brief introduction about the background of the present English learning，introduces the significance of our research。

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The human capacity to exert self-control is arguably one of the most powerful and beneficial adaptations of the human psyche。 (Rothbaum, Weisz, & Snyder, 1982)。 People with higher self-control are more likely to achieve more outcomes both in school and work。 Among the students' autonomous learning, self-control plays a vital role。 By the progress of the internationalization, the importance of English as an international language can not be ignored。 English is a high valued subject which account for 150 points in college entrance examination。 As a linguistic subject, English requires a certain amount of recitation, reading, understanding and usage if we want to have a great master of it, self-control appears to be very important in language learning, so I take English as my experimental subjects。 So helping students to improve their English grade with effective self-control strategies can be very meaningful。