摘要
This paper is a report of a survey study of secondary school students' EFL learning motivation in North Jiangsu. Several motivational theories other than Gardner's traditional social-psychological approach have been exploited in the design of the questionnaire in the hope of better describing EFL learning motivation in a situation-specific context from different perspectives and checking the validity of various motivational theories in explaining EFL learning motivation in China.
本文综合利用多种动机理论设计问卷,调查了苏北地区354名中学生的英语学习动机状况,分析其特征,探讨动机与学习行为的关系以及高分者与低分者在英语学习动机方面的差异。调查结果表明:1)苏北地区中学生兼具英语学习深层和表层动机,而且表层动机强于深层动机。但他们英语学习的努力程度一般。2)初中生的英语学习动机远强于高中生。3)学生英语学习努力程度与价值期望、掌握目标、深层动机、表层动机呈显著的正相关,相关程度依次递减。4)高分者与低分者在英语学习动机方面存在显著差异。最后,本文分析了研究结果对英语教学的启示。
