摘要
This paper is on the study of motivational changes of Chinese non-English major students in their first two years of college English learning. The current study was carried out through the quantitative research method. The research question to be addressed is：During the first two years of college English learning, does non-English majors＇ learning motivation （i.e. types of motivation and motivational intensity） change？ The analyses of the data reveal that motivational changes do exist in the first two years of college English learning. Generally, most types of motivation （i.e. intrinsic interest motivation, information medium motivation, personal development motivation, and social responsibility motivation） decrease significantly except for the slight increase of immediate achievement motivation, and the decline of motivational intensity is also obvious.
