| Table of Contents | 第1-10页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1．1 Orientation of the present study | 第13页 |
| 1．2 Motivation for the present study | 第13-16页 |
| 1．3 Overview of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review | 第17-52页 |
| 2．1 Bandura's social cognitive theory and self-efficacy theory | 第17-25页 |
| 2．1．1 Social cognitive theory and self-efficacy theory | 第18页 |
| 2．1．2 Definition of self-efficacy | 第18-21页 |
| 2．1．3 Self-efficacy and other self-beliefs | 第21-22页 |
| 2．1．4 Sources of self-efficacy | 第22-24页 |
| 2．1．5 Functions of self-efficacy | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2 Research on self-efficacy in academic settings | 第25-43页 |
| 2．2．1 Grade-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．2 Achievement-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第28-29页 |
| 2．2．3 Generality of self-efficacy across domains | 第29-31页 |
| 2．2．4 Research on self-efficacy in academic settings | 第31-43页 |
| 2．2．4．1 Effects of self-efficacy on academic achievement | 第31-34页 |
| 2．2．4．2 Effects of self-efficacy on achievement in language arts | 第34-38页 |
| 2．2．4．3 The questionnaire survey | 第38-39页 |
| 2．2．4．4 Specificity of self-efficacy and correspondence in self-efficacy-achievement relationships | 第39-43页 |
| 2．3 Factors affecting accurate measurement of self-efficacy | 第43-47页 |
| 2．3．1 Manners of measuring self-efficacy | 第43-46页 |
| 2．3．2 Effects of task difficulty and familiarity on self-efficacy perception | 第46-47页 |
| 2．3．3 Accuracy of self-perceived/reported efficacy | 第47页 |
| 2．4 Specification of language skills involved in language learning | 第47-49页 |
| 2．5 Summary | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter 3 The study | 第52-70页 |
| 3．1 Conceptual framework of the present study | 第52-53页 |
| 3．2 Correlational design | 第53-54页 |
| 3．3 Research hypotheses | 第54-55页 |
| 3．4 Operational definitions of the variables | 第55-57页 |
| 3．5 Subjects | 第57-59页 |
| 3．6 Instrumentation | 第59-67页 |
| 3．6．1 Structure of the questionnaire | 第59-61页 |
| 3．6．2 Development of the questionnaire | 第61-67页 |
| 3．7 Procedures of data collection and data analysis | 第67-69页 |
| 3．8 Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 4 Results | 第70-93页 |
| 4．1 Means and standard deviations of self-efficacy variables | 第70-73页 |
| 4．2 Grade-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第73-75页 |
| 4．3 Achievement-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第75-83页 |
| 4．4 Generality of self-efficacy beliefs | 第83-85页 |
| 4．5 Correlations between self-efficacy variables and achievements in English | 第85-92页 |
| 4．6 Summary | 第92-93页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusion | 第93-110页 |
| 5．1 Major findings of the study | 第93-94页 |
| 5．2 The role of self-efficacy in motivating students to learn English | 第94-95页 |
| 5．3 Grade-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第95-97页 |
| 5．4 Achievement-level differences in self-efficacy beliefs | 第97-99页 |
| 5．5 Generality of self-efficacy beliefs across different domains | 第99-100页 |
| 5．6 Relation between self-efficacy beliefs and achievements | 第100-104页 |
| 5．7 Differences between General self-efficacy and specific self-efficacies | 第104-105页 |
| 5．8 Limitations of the present study | 第105-106页 |
| 5．9 Implications and suggestions for future research | 第106-108页 |
| 5．10 Summary | 第108-110页 |
| Bibliography | 第110-118页 |
| Appendix A: Questionnaire of Self-efficacy in English Learning | 第118-121页 |
| Appendix B: The Reliability Coefficients and Cronbach Alphas for the Seven Categories of the Questionnaire | 第121-122页 |
| Appendix C: Raw Scores of the English Achievements for Five Groups | 第122-130页 |
