| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| ·Background | 第10-12页 |
| ·"Learner autonomy" in the college English classroom | 第10-11页 |
| ·Widespread influence of the self-determination theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Overview of the dissertation | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-36页 |
| ·Robert Gardner's social psychological approach to motivation | 第14-16页 |
| ·Dornyei's extended motivation framework | 第16-18页 |
| ·Self-determination theory | 第18-28页 |
| ·An introduction to Self-determination theory | 第18页 |
| ·Advantages of SDT | 第18-20页 |
| ·Intrinsic motivation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Extrinsic motivation | 第21-24页 |
| ·Different types of extrinsic motivation and the continuum of self-determination | 第21-23页 |
| ·Internalization of EM | 第23-24页 |
| ·Specification of three psychological needs | 第24-27页 |
| ·Need for autonomy | 第24-25页 |
| ·Need for competence | 第25-26页 |
| ·Need for relatedness | 第26-27页 |
| ·Application of SDT in the general educational and ESL/EFL contexts | 第27-28页 |
| ·Current research gap | 第28-29页 |
| ·Four antecedents to autonomy support | 第29-36页 |
| ·Choice freedom | 第30-31页 |
| ·Technical support | 第31-32页 |
| ·Self-efficacy enhancement | 第32-33页 |
| ·Emotional support | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter 3 The Research Design | 第36-49页 |
| ·The context and research questions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| ·Procedure | 第38-41页 |
| ·Measures | 第41-45页 |
| ·Language Learning Orientation Scale- Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, and Amotivation Subscales (LLOS-IEA) | 第41-43页 |
| ·Perceptions of Autonomy Support | 第43-45页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第45-49页 |
| ·Quantitative data analysis | 第45-48页 |
| (a) The reliability of the two questionnaires | 第45-47页 |
| (b) Mean score of autonomy support by English teachers | 第47页 |
| (c)IndePendent sarnple t-test | 第47-48页 |
| (d) Correlation analysis | 第48页 |
| (e) Linear regression analysis | 第48页 |
| ·Qualitative data analysis | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第49-83页 |
| ·Results of the questionnaire survey | 第49-68页 |
| ·The situation of autonomy support | 第49-55页 |
| (a) The general situation of autonomy support | 第49-50页 |
| (b)The situation of self-efficacy enhancement | 第50-51页 |
| (c) The situation of emotional support | 第51-53页 |
| (d)The situation of technical support | 第53-54页 |
| (e) The situation of choice freedom | 第54-55页 |
| ·The results of independent-sample t-test | 第55页 |
| ·The results of correlation analysis | 第55-59页 |
| ·The results of regression analysis | 第59-68页 |
| (a) Regression results between IM, IM-A, IM+ID and four antecedents | 第59-61页 |
| (b) Regression results between IM, IM-K, IM-A, IM+ID and separate items of choice freedom | 第61-63页 |
| (c) Regression results between IM, IM-K, IM-A, IM-S, IM+ID and the separate items of technical support | 第63-65页 |
| (d) Regression results between IM, IM-K, IM-A, IM-S, ID, IM+ID and the separated items of self-efficacy enhancement | 第65-67页 |
| (e) Regression results between IM, IM-A, IM+ID and the separated items of emotional support | 第67-68页 |
| ·Further analysis | 第68-80页 |
| ·Self-efficacy enhancement | 第69-73页 |
| ·Emotional support | 第73-76页 |
| ·Technical support | 第76-78页 |
| ·Choice freedom | 第78-80页 |
| ·The difficulties in promoting learner autonomy and creating an autonomy supportive environment | 第80-83页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications and Conclusions | 第83-88页 |
| ·Implications | 第83-85页 |
| ·The significance of autonomy support | 第83页 |
| ·The significance of self-efficacy enhancement in predicting autonomous motivations | 第83-84页 |
| ·The significance of the other three antecedents to autonomy support | 第84页 |
| ·The difficulties in promoting learner autonomy | 第84-85页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第85-87页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第87页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第87-88页 |
| References | 第88-97页 |
| Appendix I The Language Learning Orientations Scale | 第97-99页 |
| Appendix II The pilot study questionnaire "Perceptions of autonomy-support" | 第99-101页 |
| Appendix III The final questionnaire "Perceptions of Autonomy-support" | 第101-104页 |
| Appendix IV The results of independent-sample t-test | 第104-106页 |
| Appendix V The results of regression analysis between IM-A and four antecedents | 第106-107页 |
| Appendix VI The results of regression analysis between IM+ID and four antecedents | 第107-108页 |
