| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Symbols | 第10-11页 |
| Abstract | 第11-13页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Background | 第15-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review on Motivation | 第19-43页 |
| ·Definitions of Motivation | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classifications of Motivation | 第21-26页 |
| ·Integrative Motivation vs.Instrumental Motivation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Intrinsic Motivation vs.Extrinsic Motivation | 第23-26页 |
| ·Theories of Motivation in Psychology | 第26-31页 |
| ·Expectancy-Value Theories | 第26-29页 |
| ·Achievement Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Attribution Theory | 第28页 |
| ·Self-efficacy Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Self-worth Theory | 第29页 |
| ·Goal Theories | 第29-30页 |
| ·Self-Determination Theory | 第30-31页 |
| ·Social Psychological Theories | 第31页 |
| ·Motivational Models in Second/Foreign Language Learning | 第31-40页 |
| ·Gardener's Socio-Educational Model | 第31-33页 |
| ·Tremblay and Gardner's Model of L2 Motivation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Schumann's Neurobiological Model | 第35-36页 |
| ·Dornyei's Three-level Categorization | 第36-38页 |
| ·Dornyei and Otto's Process Model | 第38-40页 |
| ·Action Sequence | 第38-39页 |
| ·Motivational Influences on Different Action Phases of the Model | 第39-40页 |
| ·Studies of L2 Learning Motivation in China | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Three Research Question and Method | 第43-49页 |
| ·Research Question | 第43-44页 |
| ·Method | 第44-49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第44页 |
| ·Materials | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Questionnaire on College Students' English Learning Motivation | 第45页 |
| ·An English Proficiency Test | 第45-46页 |
| ·Procedure | 第46-47页 |
| ·Administering Questionnaire-based Survey | 第46-47页 |
| ·Testing | 第47页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第49-56页 |
| ·Correlation Analyses between Motivation Types and Language Proficiency | 第49-50页 |
| ·Differences between Correlations of Motivation Types and General Proficiency | 第50-52页 |
| ·Language Proficiency and Motivation 1 vs.Language Proficiency and Motivation 2 | 第50-51页 |
| ·Language Proficiency and Motivation 3 vs.Language Proficiency and Motivation 4 | 第51页 |
| ·Language Proficiency and Motivation 1 vs.Language Proficiency and Motivation 3 | 第51页 |
| ·Language Proficiency and Motivation 2 vs.Language Proficiency and Motivation 4 | 第51-52页 |
| ·Differences between Correlations of Motivation Types and Listening | 第52-53页 |
| ·Listening and Motivation 1 vs.Listening and Motivation 2 | 第52页 |
| ·Listening and Motivation 3 vs.Listening and Motivation 4 | 第52页 |
| ·Listening and Motivation 1 vs.Listening and Motivation 3 | 第52页 |
| ·Listening and Motivation 2 vs.Listening and Motivation 4 | 第52-53页 |
| ·Differences between Correlations of Motivation Types and Reading | 第53-54页 |
| ·Reading and Motivation 1 vs.Reading and Motivation 2 | 第53页 |
| ·Reading and Motivation 3 vs.Reading and Motivation 4 | 第53页 |
| ·Reading and Motivation 1 vs.Reading and Motivation 3 | 第53-54页 |
| ·Reading and Motivation 2 vs.Reading and Motivation 4 | 第54页 |
| ·Differences between Correlations of Motivation Types and Writing | 第54-56页 |
| ·Writing and Motivation 1 vs.Writing and Motivation 2 | 第54页 |
| ·Writing and Motivation 3 vs.Writing and Motivation 4 | 第54页 |
| ·Writing and Motivation 1 vs.Writing and Motivation 3 | 第54-55页 |
| ·Writing and Motivation 2 vs.Writing and Motivation 4 | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第57页 |
| ·Limitations | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix A A Questionnaire on College Students' English Learning Motivation | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix B English Proficiency Test | 第66-84页 |
| Appendix C Key to English Proficiency Test | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix D Criteria for Scoring Compositions in CET-4 | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix E Raw Data from Questionnaire Survey and English Proficiency Test | 第88-93页 |
