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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">erd</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Education Reform and Development</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2652-5364</issn><eissn>2652-5372</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/erd.v8i2.14240</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>An Empirical Study on Autonomous Learning of Learning Communities in the “Internet Plus” Era</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/erd/8/2/10.26689/erd.v8i2.14240</url><author>AnXinying</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>2</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-03-17</published-time></date></history><abstract>This study focuses on how to construct a new model of college English autonomous learning in the “Internet Plus” era. By means of questionnaires, interviews and tests, it analyzes the role of learning communities in stimulating and cultivating students’ awareness of autonomous learning, as well as improving their autonomous learning ability and pragmatic competence. The empirical test shows that learning communities are conducive to students’ autonomous learning and have a certain promoting effect on college English teaching.</abstract><keywords/></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Boyer E, 1995, A Basic School: A Community for Learning. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B2" content-type="article"><label>2</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Jiang L, 2023, Research and Practice on Online Teaching Reform Supported by Information Technology. Journal of Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, (1): 115–119.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B3" content-type="article"><label>3</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Guo Y, 2012, The Theory of Learning Community and Its Enlightenment to English Teaching. Journal of Liaoning Educational Administration Institute, (1): 75–78.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B4" content-type="article"><label>4</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Lai N, 2019, A Study on the Construction of Online Learning Communities for English Teachers in Application-Oriented Universities in the “Internet Plus” Era. Journal of Higher Education, (19): 156–158.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B5" content-type="article"><label>5</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Deming W E, 2003, Deming on Quality Management: Solving Chronic Problems of Organizations and Enterprises From a New Perspective. Hainan Publishing House, Beijing.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B6" content-type="article"><label>6</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Zhang Y, 2016, An Analysis of the Concept and Model of “Internet Plus Education”. China Higher Education Research, (2): 70–73.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B7" content-type="article"><label>7</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Wang M, 2018, Theoretical Construction and Characteristic Research of Classroom Learning Communities. Contemporary Education and Culture, (3): 44–50.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B8" content-type="article"><label>8</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Zhao Y, 2017, How Should We Be Teachers in the Future? Moral Education China, (11): 48–51.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B9" content-type="article"><label>9</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Ministry of Education, 2012, The Ten-Year Development Plan for Educational Informatization (2011–2020). China Educational Informatization, (8): 3–12.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref><ref id="B10" content-type="article"><label>10</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>Cheng P, 2024, A Study on the Construction of Mobile Learning Communities for College English Against the Backdrop of “Internet Plus”. Journal of Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, (2): 78–82.</p><pub-id pub-id-type="doi"/></element-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
