Therefore, on one hand, this provides the implications for future research. In future research, the focus shall be on the
college English teachers’ belief and roles they play in fostering LA in their language classroom teaching. Whether
the teachers are aware of the significance of developing LA and how they put their knowledge and understanding of
it into their teaching practice is the key factor in determining the success of fostering LA. On the other hand, as
Smith and Vieira (2009) point out that theoretical and empirical research should be conducted on the competence and
conditions for teachers to promote learner autonomy. If language teachers lack of the knowledge or competences to
develop learner autonomy, how can they be expected to play their respective roles in promoting learner autonomy.
Thus in the future, more empirical research needs to be carried out to explore the knowledge base and conditions for
language teachers to promote learner autonomy.