| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-15页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第15-17页 |
| LIST OF ACRONYMS | 第17-18页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第18-25页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第25-34页 |
| ·The ComPlex Nature of L2 Motviation | 第26-28页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework for the Present Researeh:A New Proposal aboutL2 Motivation一L2Motivational Self Syste(L2MSS) | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Neeessity of Studying L2 Motivation of Chinese Learners of English from the Perspective of L2MSS | 第30-31页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第31页 |
| ·Outline of the Dissertation | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review of L2 Motivational Study | 第34-61页 |
| ·The Social Psyehological Period(1959一1990) | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Cognitive-Situated Period(During the1990s) | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Process-oriented Period(2000一2004) | 第40-42页 |
| ·D(o|:)rnyei's Theory and the New L2 Motivation Study Period(2005-) | 第42-55页 |
| ·Baekground in Which L2MSS Was Proposed | 第43-47页 |
| ·Theoretieal Foundation of L2MSS | 第47-51页 |
| ·Possbile selves and its funetion of future self-guides | 第47-50页 |
| ·Higgins’s self-diserepancy theory | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Main Contents of L2MSS | 第51-53页 |
| ·Theoretical Validation of L2MSS | 第53-54页 |
| ·Empirieal Validation of L2MSS | 第54-55页 |
| ·Ideal/Ought-to L2-Self versus Other Similar Concepts | 第55-57页 |
| ·Ideal/Ought-to L2-Self versus the Traditional Self Conepet | 第55-56页 |
| ·Ideal/Ought-to-L2-Self versus Goals | 第56页 |
| ·Ideal/Ought-to-L2-Self versus Dreams or Fantasies | 第56-57页 |
| ·A Brief Review of L2 Motivation Research in China | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter3 Research Methodology of the Survey Study | 第61-86页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第61-62页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第62页 |
| ·HyPotheses | 第62-63页 |
| ·Theoretical Model | 第63-68页 |
| ·Research Design | 第68-69页 |
| ·Development of Research Instruments | 第69-73页 |
| ·Procedure of Developing the Questionnaires | 第69-71页 |
| ·Results of the Pilot Studies | 第71-72页 |
| ·Reliability results of the pilot study of ELQUP | 第71-72页 |
| ·Reliability results of the pilot study of ELQPM | 第72页 |
| ·Fillal Versions of the Instruments | 第72-73页 |
| ·Participants | 第73-74页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第74-75页 |
| ·Data Analysis Techniques and Procedure | 第75页 |
| ·Instrument Item Quality Test | 第75-77页 |
| ·Reliability of the lnstruments | 第77-80页 |
| ·Cheeikng Internal Consistency by Referring to Cronbach’s AlPha | 第77-79页 |
| ·Checking Internal Consistency by Referring to the Item-total Correlation | 第79-80页 |
| ·Validity of the Instruments | 第80-83页 |
| ·Summary | 第83-86页 |
| Chapter4 Results and Discussions of the Survey study | 第86-130页 |
| ·Results of the Descriptive Statistics and the Normal Distribution Test | 第86-93页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics | 第86-90页 |
| ·Normal Distribution Test | 第90-93页 |
| ·Integrativeness,Ideal-L2-Self and Their Relationship with L2 Learing Motivation | 第93-95页 |
| ·Distinction betweenn Instrumntality-promotion (IPRO)and Instrumentality-prevention(IPRE) | 第95-98页 |
| ·Best Predictors of L2M among the Components of L2MSS | 第98-105页 |
| ·The Empirical Validation of L2MSS in the Study of Chinese Learners of English | 第105-109页 |
| ·The Pattern Shown through the Parameters of the Tripartite Components of L2MSS across Various Groups of Students at Different L2 Proficiency Levels | 第109-114页 |
| ·Comparison of IL2S and OL2S among High-, Mid-, and Low-level L2 Proficiency Sub-groups | 第114-119页 |
| ·The Contribution of L2MSS Components to the Prediction of L2M across High-, Mid- and Low-level L2 Proficiency Sub-erouns | 第119-125页 |
| ·Summary and Pedagogical Implications | 第125-130页 |
| Chapter5 ImPact of the L2-Self-based Interventional Treatment on L2Motivation and L2 Aehievements:A Quasi-exPerimental Study | 第130-209页 |
| ·The Necessity of Self-based L2 Motivation Intervention | 第130-132页 |
| ·Literature Review of Self-based Motivation Intervention | 第132-137页 |
| ·Do(|:)rnyei's Application of Ideal/Ought Self in L2 Motivation Study | 第132-134页 |
| ·Hock's Possible Selves Program | 第134-137页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第137-138页 |
| ·Research Design | 第138-140页 |
| ·Subjects | 第140-141页 |
| ·Experimental Treatment | 第141-148页 |
| ·Data Collection Instruments | 第148-152页 |
| ·English Scores on College Entrance Examinations | 第148-149页 |
| ·L2-Motivational-Self Questionnaire | 第149页 |
| ·Final English Scores at the End of the Semester in College | 第149-150页 |
| ·Delayed L2 Proficiency Posttest | 第150页 |
| ·Class Observation | 第150-151页 |
| ·Interview | 第151-152页 |
| ·Data Collection Procedure | 第152-153页 |
| ·Data Analysis Techniques and Procedure | 第153-154页 |
| ·Reliability and Construct Validity of the L2MSQ (pretest&pretest) | 第154-162页 |
| ·Reliability of the L2MSQ | 第154-157页 |
| ·Checking internal consistency by referring to Cronbach's alpha | 第154-155页 |
| ·Checking internal consistency by referring to the item-total correlation | 第155-157页 |
| ·Construct Validity of the L2MSQ | 第157-161页 |
| ·Correlation Relationship between L2M and Classroom Observation | 第161-162页 |
| ·Results of the Quasi-experiment and Discussion | 第162-205页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of the Data Analysis (I): Pretests of L2 Proficiency and the L2MSQ Variables; Normal Distribution Check & the Descriptive Statistics of the L2MSO | 第162-168页 |
| ·Independent samples T-test of the pretest results of L2 proficiency and the L2MSQ variables between the experimental group and the control group | 第163-165页 |
| ·Normal distribution check of the L2MSQ pretest and posttest in the experimental group and the control group | 第165-166页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of the L2MSQ posttest in the experimental group and the control group | 第166-168页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of the Data Analysis (II): Answer to Research Question One | 第168-181页 |
| ·Independent samples T-test of the posttest results of L2MSQ variables between the experimental group and the control group | 第169-170页 |
| 5,11.2.2 Within-group paired samples T-test of the L2MSQ between the pretest and the posttest | 第170-172页 |
| ·Comparison of regressions of L2M on IL2S, OL2S and SLLE between the experimental group and the control group | 第172-181页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of the Data Analysis (III): Answer to Research Question Two | 第181-188页 |
| ·Independent samples T-test results of the immediate L2 proficiency posttest bewteen the experimental group and the control group | 第181-183页 |
| ·Regression relationships of learners' immediate L2 proficiency posttest results with IL2S, OL2S and SLLE | 第183-188页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of the Data Analysis (IV): Answers to Research Question Three and Question Four | 第188-200页 |
| ·Four high- and low-level L2 proficiency sub-groups: HEG, LEG, HCG, and LCG | 第188-189页 |
| ·The analysis and comparisons of the pretests of IL2S, OL2S, L2M and L2 proficiency among the sub-groups | 第189-191页 |
| ·The analysis and comparisons of the posttests of IL2S, OL2S and L2M among the sub-groups | 第191-197页 |
| ·The analysis and comparisons of the L2 proficiency posttest results between sub-groups | 第197-200页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of the Data Analysis (V): Answer to Research Question Five | 第200-205页 |
| ·Summary | 第205-209页 |
| Chapter6 Conclusion | 第209-217页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Research | 第209-211页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第211-214页 |
| ·Contributions | 第214-215页 |
| ·Limitations | 第215-216页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第216-217页 |
| Bibliography | 第217-226页 |
| APPENDICES | 第226-255页 |
