| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| 1. The Significance of the Research | 第13-16页 |
| 2. An Outline of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| ·Motivation Orientations Within Self-determination Framework | 第18-27页 |
| ·Motivation to learn a second/foreign language | 第18-19页 |
| ·Self-determination approach to motivation | 第19-22页 |
| ·Previous researches on the relationship between motivation orientations within self-determination theory and L2 learning | 第22-25页 |
| ·Research on motivation orientations toward EFL learning in China | 第25-27页 |
| ·Learning Strategies as a Cognitive Skill | 第27-31页 |
| ·Metacognitive strategies VS cognitive strategies | 第27-28页 |
| ·The role of metacognitive strategies in L2 research | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research on metacognitive strategies in L2 listening | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous Researches on the Relationship Between Motivation Orientations and Metacognitive strategies | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Two Research Design | 第35-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses | 第35-36页 |
| ·Participants | 第36页 |
| ·Instruments | 第36-39页 |
| ·The metacognitive awareness listening questionnaire (MALQ) | 第37页 |
| ·The motivation questionnaire (MQ) —the language learning orientations scale | 第37-38页 |
| ·A listening proficiency test in CET-4 | 第38-39页 |
| ·Piloting the Questionnaires | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Collection and Statistical Procedures | 第40-42页 |
| ·Data collection | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Three Results | 第42-51页 |
| ·Intercorrelations Among the Subscales of Motivation Orientation | 第42-45页 |
| ·Intercorrelations among the subscales of the motivation orientation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Intercorrelations among AM, EM and IM | 第44-45页 |
| ·Relationship Between Motivation orientations and Listening Proficiency | 第45-47页 |
| ·Correlation between the subscales of motivation orientations and listening proficiency | 第45-46页 |
| ·Correlation between composite motivation orientations and listening proficiency | 第46-47页 |
| ·Relationship Between Motivation Orientations and Listening Strategies | 第47-51页 |
| ·Correlation between AM and listening strategies | 第48页 |
| ·Correlation between EM and listening strategies | 第48-49页 |
| ·Correlation between IM and listening strategies | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion | 第51-57页 |
| ·Intercorrelations Among Motivation Orientations | 第51-53页 |
| ·Generalizability of self-determination framework to Chinese EFL learners | 第51-52页 |
| ·Existence of a complex self-determination continuum among motivation orientations in L2 listening | 第52-53页 |
| ·Relationship Between Language Learning Motivations and Listening Proficiency | 第53-55页 |
| ·Relationship Between Motivation Orientations and Metacognitive Listening Strategies | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| 1. Major Findings of the Present Study | 第57-58页 |
| 2. Implications | 第58-60页 |
| 3. Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-71页 |
| Appendices | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix 1 问卷调查 | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix 2 攻读学位期间发表论文 | 第75页 |