Chapter1Introduction
1.1TheComplexNatureofL2Motivation
1.2TheoreticalFrameworkforthePresentResearch:ANewProposalabout
L2Motivation--L2MSS
1.3TheNecessityofStudyingL2MotivationofLearnersofEnglishinChina
fromthePerspectiveofL2MSS
1.4ObjectivesofthePresentStudy
1.5OutlineoftheBook
Chapter2LiteratureReviewofL2MotivationalStudy
2.1TheSocialPsychologicalPeriod(1959--1990)
2.2TheCognitive-situatedPeriod(duringthe1990s)
2.3TheProcess-orientedPeriod(2000--2004)
2.4Dornyei'sL2MSSModelandtheNewL2MotivationStudyPeriod(2005--)
2.4.1BackgroundinWhichL2MSSWasProposed
2.4.2TheoreticalFoundationsofL2MSS
2.4.3TheMainContentsofL2MSS
2.4.4TheoreticalValidationofL2MSS
2.4.5EmpiricalValidationofL2MSS
2.5IL2S/OL2SversusOtherSimilarConcepts
2.5.1IL2S/OL2SversustheTraditionalSelfConcept
2.5.2IL2S/OL2SversusGoals
2.5.3IL2S/OL2SversusEmptyDreamsorFantasies
2.6ABriefReviewofL2MotivationResearchinChina
2.7Summary
Chapter3ResearchMethodsoftheSurveyStudy
3.1ResearchPurposes
3.2ResearchQuestions
3.3Hypotheses
3.4TheoreticalModel
3.5ResearchDesign
3.6DevelopmentofResearchInstruments
3.6.1ProcedureofDevelopingtheQuestionnaires
3.6.2ResultsofthePilotStudies
3.6.3FinalVersionsoftheInstruments
3.7Participants
3.8DataCollection
3.9DataAnalysisTechniquesandProcedure
3.10InstrumentItemQualityTest
3.11ReliabilityoftheInstruments
3.11.1CheckingInternalConsistencybyReferringtoCronbach'sAlpha
3.11.2CheckingInternalConsistencybyReferringtotheItem-totalCorrelation.
3.12ValidityoftheInstruments
3.13Summary
Chapter4ResultsandDiscussionsoftheSurveyStudy
4.1ResultsoftheDescriptiveStatisticsandtheNormalDistributionTest
4.1.1DescriptiveStatistics
4.1.2NormalDistributionTest
4.2Integrativeness,IL2SandTheirRelationshipswithL2M.
4.3DistinctionbetweenIPROandIPRE
4.4BestPredictorsofL2MamongL2MSSComponents
4.5TheEmpiricalValidationofL2MSSamongLearnersofEnglishinChina
4.6ThePatternShownthroughtheParametersoftheTripartiteComponentsof
L2MSSacrossVariousGroupsofStudentsatDifferentL2ProficiencyLevels
4.7RecheckingtheConclusionofSection4.6BasedontheDatafromHigh-,Mid-,
andLow-levelL2ProficiencySub-groups
4.8SummaryandPedagogicalImplications
Chapter5ImpactoftheL2Self-basedInterventionalTreatmentonL2
MotivationandL2Achievements:AQuasi-experimentalStudy
5.1TheNecessityofSelf-basedL2MotivationIntervention
5.2LiteratureReviewofSelf-basedMotivationIntervention
5.2.1Domyei'sApplicationofIdeal/Ought-toSelfinL2MotivationStudy
5.2.2Hocketal.'sPossibleSelvesProgram
5.3ResearchQuestions
5.4ResearchDesign
5.5Participants
5.6ExperimentalTreatment
5.7DataCollectionInstruments
5.7.1CollegeEntranceEnglishExaminations
5.7.2L2MotivationalSelfQuestionnaire
5.7.3FinalEnglishScoresattheEndoftheSemester
5.7.4DelayedL2ProficiencyPosttest
5.7.5ClassObservation
5.7.6Interview
5.8DataCollectionProcedure
5.9DataAnalysisTechniquesandProcedure
5.10ReliabilityandConstructValidityoftheL2MSQ(Pretest&Posttest)
5.10.1ReliabilityoftheL2MSQ
5.10.2ConstructValidityoftheL2MSQ
5.10.3CorrelationalRelationshipsbetweenL2MandClassroomObservation
5.11ResultsoftheQuasi-experimentandDiscussions
5.11.1ResultsandDiscussionsoftheDataAnalysis(I):PretestofL2
ProficiencyPretestandtheL2MSQVariables;NormalDistribution
Check&theDescriptiveStatisticsoftheL2MSQ
5.11.2ResultsandDiscussionsoftheDataAnalysis(II):AnswertoResearchQuestionOne
5.11.3ResultsandDiscussionsoftheDataAnalysis(III):AnswertoResearchQuestionTwo
5.11.4ResultsandDiscussionsoftheDataAnalysis(IV):AnswertoResearchQuestionThreeandQuestionFour
5.11.5ResultsandDiscussionsoftheDataAnalysis(V):AnswertoResearchQuestionFive
5.12Summary
Chapter6Conclusion
6.1SummaryofthePresentResearch
6.2MajorFindings
6.3Contributions
6.4Limitations
6.5SuggestionsforFutureResearch
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix3.1EnglishLearnerQuestionnaireforUndergraduatesandPostgraduates(ELQUP)
Appendix3.2英语学习者(大学)问卷调查
Appendix3.3EnglishLearnerQuestionnaireforPrimaryandMiddleSchoolStudents(ELQPM)
Appendix3.4英语学习者(中小学)问卷调查
Appendix5.1RoadMapforMyIdealL2Self
Appendix5.2L2MotivationalSelfQuestionnaire(L2MSQ)
Appendix5.3英语学习问卷调查
Appendix5.4ClassroomObservationRatingScale
Appendix5.5Semi-structuredInterviewQuestions
Indexes
SubjectIndex
AuthorIndex
后记