| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-17页 |
| ·Background | 第10-13页 |
| ·Studies on motivation abroad | 第10-11页 |
| ·Studies on motivation in China | 第11-13页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第13-16页 |
| ·The complexities of motivation | 第13页 |
| ·Teaching experience with art students | 第13-14页 |
| ·The importance of motivation | 第14-16页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Overview of the literature of motivation | 第17-37页 |
| ·Definition of motivation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Definition of motivation in general sense | 第17页 |
| ·Definition of motivation in L2 learning | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classification of motivation | 第18-20页 |
| ·Integrative Vs. instrumental motivation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Extrinsic Vs. intrinsic motivation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Other classifications | 第20页 |
| ·Four general approaches to motivation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Behavioral approaches to motivation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Humanistic approaches to motivation | 第21页 |
| ·Cognitive approaches to motivation | 第21页 |
| ·Social learning approaches to motivation | 第21页 |
| ·Motivational models in second language learning | 第21-25页 |
| ·Gardner's socio-educational model of SLA | 第22-23页 |
| ·Tremblay and Gardner's Revised Model of SLL | 第23页 |
| ·Dornyei's three-level categorization | 第23-25页 |
| ·Some important motivation theories | 第25-33页 |
| ·Need theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Expectancy-value theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Attribution theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Goal theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Self-efficacy theory | 第30-31页 |
| ·Feedback theory | 第31-32页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·A framework for motivational strategies | 第33-37页 |
| ·Creating the basic motivational conditions | 第33页 |
| ·Generating initial motivation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Maintaining and protecting motivation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Encouraging positive self-evaluation | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第37-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37页 |
| ·Instruments | 第37-39页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第37-39页 |
| ·Test | 第39页 |
| ·Procedures | 第39-44页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第39页 |
| ·Procedures for data collection and analysis | 第39-40页 |
| ·Experiment procedures | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Four Data analysis and results | 第44-58页 |
| ·Data analysis and results of the questionnaire | 第44-50页 |
| ·Analysis of motivation type of art students | 第44-46页 |
| ·Analysis of difference of motivational intensity between non-art students and art students | 第46-48页 |
| ·Analysis of correlations between motivational intensity and achievement | 第48页 |
| ·Analysis of correlations between variables and motivational intensity | 第48-49页 |
| ·Analysis of correlations between variables and achievement | 第49-50页 |
| ·Stiulating strategies suggested from the analysis | 第50-56页 |
| ·Cultivating the basic motivational conditions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Enhancing learners' language-related values and attitudes | 第51-52页 |
| ·Helping students attribute correctly | 第52页 |
| ·Helping students to establish an appropriate goal | 第52-53页 |
| ·Promoting students' self-efficacy | 第53-54页 |
| ·Supplying informative and timely feedback | 第54-55页 |
| ·Making the curriculum relevant for the learners | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data analysis and results of the experiment | 第56-58页 |
| ·Comparison of the two questionnaires | 第56页 |
| ·Achievement of the two classes | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第58-60页 |
| ·Major findings | 第58页 |
| ·Implications | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第59-60页 |
| 参考文献 | 第60-63页 |
| 附录A 大学生英语学习动机调查问卷 | 第63-66页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文情况 | 第66-67页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第67-68页 |
