| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| ·Overall outline of the thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Foundation | 第15-26页 |
| ·The social psychological period | 第15-17页 |
| ·The cognitive-situated period | 第17-19页 |
| ·The process-oriented period | 第19-20页 |
| ·Dornyei’s L2MSS theory and the new L2 motivation study period (2005- ) | 第20-26页 |
| ·Theoretical foundation of L2MSS | 第20-23页 |
| ·The main contents of L2MSS | 第23-25页 |
| ·Conditions for the motivating capacity of the ideal and ought-to selves | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Literature Review | 第26-31页 |
| ·Researches on the L2 motivational self system abroad | 第26-28页 |
| ·Researches on the L2 motivational self system at home | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Research Design and Methodology | 第31-35页 |
| ·Research questions | 第31页 |
| ·Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data collection | 第33页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第33-35页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis | 第33-34页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Results and Discussion | 第35-52页 |
| ·Quantitative results | 第35-45页 |
| ·The general situation of college students’English motivational self system | 第35-41页 |
| ·Comparison of the three components of L2MSS between students of arts and science | 第41-42页 |
| ·Effects of the three components on learners’L2 proficiency | 第42-45页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第45-48页 |
| ·The general situation of college student’s English motivational self system | 第45-46页 |
| ·Comparison of the three components of L2MSS between students of arts and science | 第46-47页 |
| ·Effects of the three components on learners’L2 proficiency | 第47-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-52页 |
| ·Discussion of the first research question | 第48-49页 |
| ·Discussion of the second research question | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussion of the third research question | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Major findings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第53页 |
| ·Limitations | 第53-54页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第59-61页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第61-62页 |
| Papers Published during MA Program | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
