| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-12页 |
| Abstract in English | 第12-16页 |
| Abbreviations | 第16-17页 |
| Introduction | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Definitions of the Underachievers | 第18-20页 |
| ·Researches into the Causes of the Underachievers | 第20-23页 |
| ·Researches into the Interventions | 第23-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Two Rationales | 第28-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第28页 |
| ·Attribution Theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·Learner Characteristics that Influence English as a Foreign Language Learning | 第32-44页 |
| ·Motivation | 第32-37页 |
| ·Attitudes | 第37-39页 |
| ·Strategies | 第39-41页 |
| ·Age | 第41-42页 |
| ·The First Language Development | 第42页 |
| ·Intelligence | 第42页 |
| ·Foreign Language Aptitude | 第42-43页 |
| ·Personality | 第43页 |
| ·Learning Styles | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第45-48页 |
| ·Time and Participants | 第45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45-46页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第45-46页 |
| ·Interviews | 第46页 |
| ·Procedures | 第46-47页 |
| ·Results | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four Analyses of the Main Causes for the Junior English Underachievers | 第48-63页 |
| ·Main Causes | 第48-62页 |
| ·Instrumental Motivation | 第51-55页 |
| ·Negative Attitude | 第55-59页 |
| ·Influence of the Indirect Strategies | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Five Comparative Action Researches: Transformable Countermeasures | 第63-75页 |
| ·Time and Participants | 第63页 |
| ·Procedures | 第63页 |
| ·Countermeasures | 第63-71页 |
| ·Enhancing the Motivation | 第63-67页 |
| ·Cultivating the JEUs1 interest | 第64-65页 |
| ·Creating the Basic Motivational Conditions Which Involve Setting the Scene for the Use of Motivational Strategies | 第65页 |
| ·Maintaining and Protecting Motivation, Which Correspond to the Action Phase | 第65-66页 |
| ·Creating Realistic Learner Beliefs | 第66页 |
| ·Encouraging Positive Self-evaluation | 第66-67页 |
| ·Cultivating Positive Attitude towards the English Learning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Emphasizing the Purpose of English Learning and the Sense of Achievements | 第67-68页 |
| ·Reinforcing the JEUs' Knowledge about the English People and Culture | 第68页 |
| ·Advancing the Students' Learning Strategies, Especially the Indirect Strategies | 第68-71页 |
| ·Meta-cognitive Strategies Training | 第68-69页 |
| ·Social/affective Strategies Training | 第69-70页 |
| ·Cognitive Strategy Training | 第70-71页 |
| ·Results | 第71-73页 |
| ·The Implications for English Foreign Language Learning of the Junior English Underachievers | 第73-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| Appendices | 第78-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-92页 |
| Thesis Published | 第92页 |
