AN INVESTIGATION INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' EFL LEARNING MOTIVATION IN NORTH JIANGSU

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.

ELF MOTIVATIONS AND AUTONOMY IN ENGLISH LEARNING:AN INVESTIGATION OF CHINESE NON-ENGLISH MAJOR UNDERGRADUATES

本文将英语学习动机作为影响自主性英语学习能力(AEL)的一个因素,采用定量与定性相结合的方法,通过对471名非英语专业二年级大学生进行"非英语专业大学生英语学习动机与自主性英语学习能力"的调查,发现不同类型动机与自主学习能力之间存在不同程度的相关。结合相关理论,作者对二者之间的相关性进行了分析,并提出了相关的建设性意见。