| I Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| II Theories Related to Motivation | 第13-32页 |
| ·Basic concepts in motivation | 第13-17页 |
| ·Definition of motivation | 第13-15页 |
| ·Categories of motivation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Significance of motivation | 第17-19页 |
| ·The importance of motivation | 第17-18页 |
| ·The effect of motivation on learning | 第18-19页 |
| ·Motivation in general education: a psycho-educational perspective | 第19-25页 |
| ·Need theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Reinforcement theory | 第20页 |
| ·Expectancy-value theories | 第20-22页 |
| ·Self-efficacy theory | 第22页 |
| ·Attribution theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Goal theories | 第24-25页 |
| ·Self-determination theory | 第25页 |
| ·Motivation in second and foreign language learning: a social-psychological perspective | 第25-32页 |
| ·Gardner's social-educational model | 第26页 |
| ·Tremblay and Gardner's revised model | 第26-27页 |
| ·Dornyei's extended motivational framework | 第27-29页 |
| ·Williams and Burden's theory of learning motivation | 第29-32页 |
| III Research Design of the Investigation | 第32-35页 |
| ·The purpose | 第32页 |
| ·Background | 第32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Instrument | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedure | 第33-35页 |
| IV Analysis of the Investigation | 第35-51页 |
| ·Features of students' motivational beliefs | 第35-40页 |
| ·Perception of high cost | 第35-36页 |
| ·Distinct instrumental motivation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Mastery goal-orientation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Imbalanced expectation of four basic skills | 第38-39页 |
| ·Attribution of failure to uncontrollable factors | 第39-40页 |
| ·General problems of students' learning environment | 第40-45页 |
| ·Teachers' unfavourable teaching style | 第40-42页 |
| ·Poor motivational environment | 第42-43页 |
| ·Unclear learning aims and difficult tasks | 第43-44页 |
| ·Lack of teaching materials and facilities | 第44-45页 |
| ·Differences between girl and boy students | 第45-51页 |
| ·Difference in interest | 第45-46页 |
| ·Difference in characteristic | 第46-47页 |
| ·Difference in learning motives | 第47-49页 |
| ·Difference in expectation of pedagogical factors | 第49-51页 |
| V Suggestions | 第51-70页 |
| ·A framework for motivational strategies | 第51-62页 |
| ·Creating the basic motivational conditions | 第51-53页 |
| ·Generating student motivation | 第53-58页 |
| ·Maintaining and protecting motivation | 第58-61页 |
| ·Encouraging positive self-evaluation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Effective ways to enhance students' motivation in teaching practice | 第62-67页 |
| ·Overcoming disadvantages of teaching conditions in rural school | 第62-63页 |
| ·Creating learner autonomy | 第63-64页 |
| ·Integrating communicative approaches with the traditional approaches | 第64-66页 |
| ·Encouraging cooperative learning | 第66-67页 |
| ·Results and discussion | 第67-70页 |
| VI Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第70页 |
| ·Implications | 第70-73页 |
| ·Limitations | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-79页 |
