| Preface | 第1-12页 |
| Abstract | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Overview of the Literature | 第16-32页 |
| 2．1 The Concept of Motivation | 第16-22页 |
| 2．1．1 The Definition of Motivation | 第16-17页 |
| 2．1．2 The Classification of Motivation | 第17-22页 |
| 2．2 Historical Review on Psychological Approaches to Motivation | 第22-25页 |
| 2．2．1 Behavioral Approach | 第23页 |
| 2．2．2 Cognitive Approach | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2．3 Social Constructivist Approach | 第24-25页 |
| 2．3 Theories of Motivation Significant to SAL | 第25-32页 |
| 2．3．1 Gardner's Social-educational Model | 第25-27页 |
| 2．3．2 Dornyei's Three-level Framework | 第27-29页 |
| 2．3．3 Acculturation Model | 第29页 |
| 2．3．4 Expectancy-value Theory and Goal Theory | 第29-30页 |
| 2．3．5 Self-actualization Theory | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three An Investigation on the Motivation | 第32-41页 |
| 3．1 Design | 第32页 |
| 3．2 Sample | 第32页 |
| 3．3 Procedure | 第32-33页 |
| 3．4 Data | 第33页 |
| 3．5 Results and Discussion | 第33-39页 |
| 3．6 Conclusion | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Inspiration from the Above Investigation | 第41-50页 |
| 4．1 Motivation Effect on Language Learning | 第41-46页 |
| 4．1．1 Internal Motivation Variables | 第41-43页 |
| 4．1．2 External Motivation Variables | 第43-46页 |
| 4．2 Cause Analyses on Lack of Learning Motivation | 第46-50页 |
| 4．2．1 Unawareness of the Importance of English | 第46页 |
| 4．2．2 Poor Foundation of English | 第46-47页 |
| 4．2．3 Traditional Teaching Methods | 第47-48页 |
| 4．2．4 Inefficient Learning Strategies | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Five Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation in Class | 第50-61页 |
| 5．1 Inspiring the Interest of the Students | 第50-52页 |
| 5．2 Adopting the Communicative Approach | 第52-53页 |
| 5．3 Teaching the Students to Learn Independently | 第53-55页 |
| 5．4 Promoting Favorable Self-perceptions of Competence | 第55-57页 |
| 5．4．1 Balancing Challenging and Easy Tasks | 第55页 |
| 5．4．2 Subgoaling and Sharing Task | 第55-56页 |
| 5．4．3 Adopting Proper Attitude towards Errors | 第56-57页 |
| 5．5 Promoting Motivation-enhancing Attribution | 第57-58页 |
| 5．6 Promoting Cooperative Learning | 第58页 |
| 5．7 Increasing Learner Autonomy | 第58-59页 |
| 5．8 Brainstorming | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第61-62页 |
| References | 第62-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-69页 |
