中国大学生外语学习动机倾向——对180名中国大学生的实证研究

Intrinsic or Extrinsic:An Evidential Study on Chinese College Stndents' Motivational Inclination to FLL

本文主要探讨了大学生学习外语的动机倾向———偏向内在动机还是外在动机。通过对6个专业180名大学生的实证研究发现:总体上大学生的外语学习动机为外在动机;学习动机倾向和学习成绩显著正相关;影响学习动机倾向的主要因子有3个。

This paper mainly discusses the problem of whether college students＇motivational inclination for foreign languages learning is, on the whole, intrinsic or extrinsic. An empirical study of 180 college students from 6 different majors has found that the motivational inclination for leaming a foreign language is overwhelmingly extrinsic, that motivational inclination correlates positively with leaming achievements and that there are 3 factors that may greatly affect the motivational inclination.