| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第15-17页 |
| 1.1.1 The rise of adult English language learning | 第15-16页 |
| 1.1.2 The rise of private English training agencies | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and research questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3.1 Theoretical significance | 第18页 |
| 1.3.2 Practical significance | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Overview of this thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第21-30页 |
| 2.1 Previous research | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Adult English language learning | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Motivations of English language learning | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.3 English language learning from the sociological perspective | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 The theoretical framework of this thesis | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Cultural capital and Social capital by Bourdieu | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous research about capital and adult English language learning | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.3 The research originality | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Research design | 第30-36页 |
| 3.1 Selection of methods: why mixed methodology | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2 Research process | 第31-36页 |
| 3.2.1 Site entry | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Quantitative method | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 Qualitative method | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Four Statistics from questionnaires | 第36-53页 |
| 4.1 Basic information about participants | 第36-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Respondents’ gender, age and education | 第36-39页 |
| 4.1.2 English proficiency of respondents | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.3 Certificates of English proficiency and symbolic capital | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 Motivations of participants | 第42-46页 |
| 4.3 The interpretation of Item 40 | 第46-53页 |
| 4.3.1 Billboards in public space | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3.2 Celebrity effect | 第49-50页 |
| 4.3.3 Advertising activities | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Five Case studies of three focal participants | 第53-72页 |
| 5.1 The journey with persistence:“I am either in or on the way to the Englishlearning center” | 第53-58页 |
| 5.1.1 Peter’s English learning experience | 第53-55页 |
| 5.1.2 Motivations | 第55-58页 |
| 5.2 The journey with hesitation:“I have much to learn” | 第58-65页 |
| 5.2.1 The motivated state | 第59-60页 |
| 5.2.2 The demotivated state | 第60-62页 |
| 5.2.3 Paris’ achievements from the English learning process | 第62-65页 |
| 5.3 The journey with success:“by learning English I can offer myself a biggerstage” | 第65-69页 |
| 5.3.1 Motivations | 第66页 |
| 5.3.2 Sue’s English learning process | 第66-68页 |
| 5.3.3 Results that are also motivations of keeping moving | 第68-69页 |
| 5.4 The interpretation of motivations | 第69-72页 |
| 5.4.1 Motivations can be vague and concrete | 第70页 |
| 5.4.2 Motivation as a dynamic process | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter six Conclusion and implications | 第72-77页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of this thesis | 第72-75页 |
| 6.1.1 Diverse motivations of internal migrant workers | 第72-73页 |
| 6.1.2 Experience of adult English language learning | 第73-75页 |
| 6.2 Implications of this thesis | 第75-76页 |
| 6.2.1 The role of imagination in adult English learning | 第75页 |
| 6.2.2 The role of private agencies in English education | 第75-76页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and further studies | 第76-77页 |
| References | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第85-88页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第88-94页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第94-95页 |
| Appendix 6 | 第95-111页 |
