| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第10-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO MOTIVATION AND SLA: LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-33页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF MOTIVATION | 第16-18页 |
| ·MOTIVATION AND SLA AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOTIVATION IN SLA | 第18-19页 |
| ·THEORIES OF MOTIVATION IN PSYCHOLOGY | 第19-26页 |
| ·Biological perspective: Need Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Behaviorist perspective: Reinforcement Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Cognitivst perspective | 第20-26页 |
| ·THE MOTIVATION THEORY IN SLA | 第26-33页 |
| ·Gardner’s Socio-educational model and his categorization of motivatin | 第26-28页 |
| ·Gardner’s Socio-Educational Model | 第26-27页 |
| ·Distinction between Integrative and Instrumental Motivation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Dornyei’s three-level Categorization | 第28-30页 |
| ·Tremblay and Gardner’s revised model | 第30-31页 |
| ·W en and Qin’s Study | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT LEARNERS | 第33-41页 |
| ·WHO ARE ADULTS? | 第33页 |
| ·DISADVANTAGES FOR ADULTS IN SLA | 第33-36页 |
| ·ADVANTAGES FOR ADULTS IN SLA | 第36-39页 |
| ·PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ADULT LEARNERS’MOTIVATION: A CASE STUDY AT SMWC | 第41-62页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY | 第41-42页 |
| ·Introduction of Shanghai Medical Workers College | 第41页 |
| ·Present situation of adult English learning at SMWC | 第41-42页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY | 第42页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTS | 第42-43页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第43页 |
| ·PROCEDURES | 第43-44页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第44-62页 |
| ·G eneral description of the data | 第45-46页 |
| ·A nalysis of the results | 第46-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-62页 |
| ·Results of the study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Problems of current teaching | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING ADULT LEARNERS’MOTIVATION | 第62-83页 |
| ·STRATEGIES TO MOTIVATE ADULT LEARNERS IN SMWC | 第62-79页 |
| ·Making full use of class time | 第62-66页 |
| ·Integrating previous knowledge with new knowledge | 第62-63页 |
| ·Strategies to teach classes of different levels | 第63-64页 |
| ·Code-switching | 第64-66页 |
| ·Enhancing self-efficacy | 第66-69页 |
| ·Familiarizing adult learners with their advantages in English learning | 第66-67页 |
| ·Decreasing adult learners’language anxiety | 第67-68页 |
| ·Guiding learners to make effort attribution and aptitude attributi | 第68-69页 |
| ·Arousing interest | 第69-72页 |
| ·Allowing choice and encouraging self-directed learning | 第69-70页 |
| ·Providing more chances to practice speaking | 第70-71页 |
| ·Cultivating the cross-cultural awareness | 第71-72页 |
| ·Setting specific and proximal goals | 第72-75页 |
| ·Setting specific and proximal goals | 第72-74页 |
| ·Making the adult learners realize the value of the goals | 第74-75页 |
| ·Adapting the textbook | 第75-78页 |
| ·Tailoring grammar instruction to learners’needs | 第75-76页 |
| ·Supplementing medical materials | 第76-77页 |
| ·Selecting speaking and listening exercises for adult learners | 第77-78页 |
| ·Improving the assessment system | 第78-79页 |
| ·Concepts of classroom-based assessment | 第78-79页 |
| ·Improving the single mode of assessment system | 第79页 |
| ·TEACHER’S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN MOTIVATING ADULT LEARNERS | 第79-83页 |
| ·The qualities of a teacher as a facilitator | 第80-81页 |
| ·Developing a good teacher-student relationship | 第81-83页 |
| CHAPTER SIX EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THE STRATEGIES | 第83-87页 |
| ·EVALUATION FROM THE TEST | 第83-84页 |
| ·EVALUATION FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE | 第84-85页 |
| ·EVALUATION FROM THE OBSERVATION IN CLASS | 第85-86页 |
| ·LIMITATION OF THE STUDY | 第86-87页 |
| APPENDIX I | 第87-89页 |
| APPENDIX II | 第89-90页 |
| APPENDIX III | 第90-92页 |
| APPENDIX IV | 第92-93页 |
| APPENDIX V | 第93-94页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第94-97页 |
