本科毕业设计论文--the research into high school students’ motivation for learning english 高中生英语学习动机的调查研究.doc

The Research into High School Students’ Motivation for Learning English 高中生英语学习动机的调查 学 生 姓 名： 学 号： 2009030402 系 部： 外语系 指 导 教 师： 运城学院 2013年5月 ContentsAbstract i 摘要 ii 1. Introduction 1 2. Theoretical Background 2 2.1 Definition of Motivation 2 2.2 Classification of Motivation 3 2.2.1 Integrative Motivation and Instrumental Motivation 3 2.2.2 Internal Motivation and External Motivation 3 2.3 Gardners and Dornyeis Motivation Theory 5 2.3.1 Gardners Social-educational Model 6 2.3.2 Dornyeis Three- level Categorization 6 3. The Survey 7 3.1 Subjects 7 3.2 Instruments 7 3.2.1 Interview 7 3.2.2 Questionnaire 7 3.3 Survey Questions 8 4. Results and Discussion 8 4.1 The Main Trend in all Students’ English Learning Motivation 9 4.2 The Differences of Motivation among Top, Middle and Bottom Students 10 4.2.1 The Analysis of the Differences 11 4.2.2 The Strategies of Stimulating Students’ English Learning Motivation 12 4.3 The Differences of Motivation between Girl and Boy students 14 4.3.1 The Analysis of the Differences 14 4.3.2 The Advice on Gender of the Students’ English Learning Motivation 15 5. Suggestions 16 5.1 Suggestions for Students 16 5.2 Suggestions for Teachers 17 6. Conclusion 19 Acknowledgements 21 Bibliography 22 Appendix 24 The Research into High School Students’ Motivation for Learning English Abstract: In second language acquisition, motivation has important influence on the whole process and output of the foreign language learning. English learning motivation research began very late in China. In senior middle school, a few students have lost their motivation. Therefore, the research of this paper is aimed at studying the motivation of the high school students and we are trying to answer the following questions: Firstly, what is the main trend of the English study motivation of all students? Secondly, what is the difference in motivation among top, m