| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-30页 |
| ·Third language acquisition | 第14-21页 |
| ·Second language acquisition and foreign language acquisition | 第14-15页 |
| ·Second language acquisition and third language acquisition | 第15-17页 |
| ·Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 第17页 |
| ·The effect of bilingualism on third language learning | 第17-18页 |
| ·Language transfer | 第18-20页 |
| ·Affective variables in SLA | 第20-21页 |
| ·Review of motivation in SLA | 第21-27页 |
| ·Definition of motivation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Integrative motivation and instrumental motivation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Self-attribution | 第25-26页 |
| ·Self-efficacy | 第26-27页 |
| ·Motivation classifications in China | 第27页 |
| ·Researches on EFL of minority students in Xinjiang | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three Features of College Ethnic Minority Bilingual Students’ English earning in Xinjiang | 第30-36页 |
| ·Language learning background in Xinjiang | 第30页 |
| ·EFL situation of ethnic minority college students in Xinjiang | 第30-32页 |
| ·Language transfer on EFL of ethnic minority students in Xinjiang | 第32-35页 |
| ·Mother tongue transfer | 第32-34页 |
| ·Second language transfer | 第34-35页 |
| ·Personality | 第35页 |
| ·Attitude and motivation | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four The Description of an Investigation | 第36-45页 |
| ·The purpose of the investigation | 第36页 |
| ·Description of the investigation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36-37页 |
| ·Instrument | 第37页 |
| ·Procedure | 第37页 |
| ·Data collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Results and Analysis of the Investigation | 第38-45页 |
| ·General features of ethnic minority students’EFL in Xinjiang | 第38-40页 |
| ·Motivation of the ethnic minority students’EFL in Xinjiang | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five Suggested ways to facilitate English learning | 第45-49页 |
| ·Promoting students’ self-efficacy | 第45-46页 |
| ·Improving teaching method | 第46-47页 |
| ·Encouraging self-regulated learning | 第47-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| Appendixes | 第54-60页 |
