| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Problem of College English Teaching and Learning in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·Importance of Research on Beliefs about Language Learning | 第16-18页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第18页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第19页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-34页 |
| ·The Definition and Approaches of Constructivism | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of Beliefs about Language Learning | 第24-30页 |
| ·Definition of Beliefs about Language Learning | 第24-26页 |
| ·Characteristics, Approaches and Classifications of Beliefs about Language Learning | 第26-29页 |
| ·Functional Basis of Beliefs about Language Learning | 第29-30页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Beliefs about Language Learning | 第30-34页 |
| ·Researches on Students’and Teachers’Beliefs about Language Learning | 第31-32页 |
| ·Researches on Students’Beliefs about Language Learning with High and Low Proficiencies | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第34-40页 |
| ·Restatement of Research Questions | 第34页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34-35页 |
| ·Instruments | 第35-38页 |
| ·Instrument 1: BALLI of Students’Version | 第35-37页 |
| ·Instrument 2: BALLI of Teachers’Version | 第37页 |
| ·Instrument 3: Achievement Scores in TEM4 | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Procedures and Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第38页 |
| ·Administration of BALLI | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Result and Discussion | 第40-62页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 1: Overview of Students’and Teachers’Responses to BALLI | 第40-55页 |
| ·General Descriptive Results of Teachers’and High and Low Proficient Students’Responses on Beliefs about Language Learning | 第40-42页 |
| ·Specific Descriptive Results of the Teachers’and High and Low Proficient Students’Response to Items of Each Category in BALLI | 第42-55页 |
| ·Beliefs about the Foreign Language Aptitudes | 第42-45页 |
| ·Beliefs about the Difficulty of Language Learning | 第45-47页 |
| ·Beliefs about the Nature of Language Learning | 第47-49页 |
| ·Beliefs about Language Learning Communication Strategies | 第49-51页 |
| ·Beliefs about Language Learning Motivation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Beliefs about Language Learning Attribution | 第53-55页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 2: Correlations between Learning Beliefs and TEM4 Scores | 第55-57页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 3: Variances in Beliefs about Language Learning in Six Categories | 第57-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-68页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第62-64页 |
| ·Implications | 第64-66页 |
| ·On English Learners | 第64-65页 |
| ·On EFL Teachers’Professionalism | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Recommendations for Further Study | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix1: Beliefs about Language Learning (Students’ Questionnaire) | 第72-75页 |
| Appendix2: Beliefs about Language Learning (Teachers’ Questionnaire) | 第75-76页 |
