| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| 2 Motivation theories | 第12-22页 |
| ·Definition of the motivation | 第12-13页 |
| ·Prominent motivation theories | 第13-22页 |
| ·Drive and need theories | 第13-15页 |
| ·Achievement theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cognitive theories | 第16-18页 |
| ·Attribution theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Common ground of the above theories | 第19-22页 |
| 3 Data collection | 第22-26页 |
| ·Questionnaire and its results | 第22-23页 |
| ·Diaries and the expressed affective factors | 第23-26页 |
| 4 Analysis of the data | 第26-46页 |
| ·English learners' attitudes | 第26-32页 |
| ·Definition of attitudes | 第26-27页 |
| ·My subjects' attitudes to English learning | 第27-29页 |
| ·The relation between attitudes and motivation | 第29-32页 |
| ·English learners' goals | 第32-35页 |
| ·Differences between goal and motivation | 第32页 |
| ·My subjects' goals of English learning | 第32-33页 |
| ·The relation between goal and motivation | 第33-35页 |
| ·English learner's self-concept | 第35-38页 |
| ·The definition of self-concept | 第35-36页 |
| ·Typical self-concepts of the subjects | 第36-37页 |
| ·The relation between self-concept and motivation | 第37-38页 |
| ·English learner's relation with peers | 第38-41页 |
| ·English teacher's teaching method | 第41-43页 |
| ·The correlation of the above five factors | 第43-46页 |
| 5 Potent tactics to encourage learner motivation | 第46-51页 |
| ·Helping them develop good study habits | 第46-47页 |
| ·Helping them set up long-term goals and short-term goals | 第47-48页 |
| ·Helping them to be self-confident and form a good self-concept | 第48-49页 |
| ·Improving teaching methods and English proficiency | 第49-51页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Appendix: questionnaire | 第56页 |
