工科大学生英语学习动机特点及其与英语成绩关系的研究

Characteristics of English Learning Motivation and its Relationship with English Achievement:A Research of Undergraduates from Universities of Technology

以自我决定理论为基础,以广东某大学的370名大一至大三的在校工科学生为被试,考察了工科学生英语学习动机的特点及其与英语学习成绩的关系。结果表明:工科大学生的英语学习动机处于中等水平,以认同调节动机最高,其次是外部调节动机,最低的是动机缺乏;大二是英语学习动机,尤其是内部动机发展的最低点;认同调节动机对学生英语成绩具有正向预测作用,动机缺乏则可以负向预测英语成绩。

Based on self-determination theory and with the participation of 370 students from a university of technology, this study explores the characteristics of college students＇ lationship between motivation and English achievement. According to English learning motivation and the rethe results, （i） English learning moti- vation of technology undergraduates is at medium level, with identity regulation motivation on the highest level, extrinsic motivation on the medium level, and amotivation on the lowest level; （ii） the motivation of sophomores, especially their intrinsic motivation, is the lowest among the freshmen, sophomores and juniors; （iii） identity regulation can positively predict students＇ English achievement and amotivation can nega- tively predict students＇ English achievement.