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iAStudyonMotivationofCollegeStudentsinEnglishLearningAbstract:Basedontheconceptofthelearningmotivationanditsdevelopment,thispaperpointsoutsthemainfactorsinfluencingtheEnglishlearningmotivationinChinesecollegestudents.Throughthemotivationalquestionnaireof60studentsinYinxingInternationalHospitalityManagementCollege,thisarticledrawsfromtherelatedscholars’andhistoricalreviews,andanalyzesthemainfactorsaffectingtheEnglishlearningmotivationofcollegestudentsfromthestudents’internal,socialandeducationalperspectives.ThepurposeofthispaperistoputforwardfourstrategiestostimulatetheEnglishlearningmotivation.ThesefourstrategiescanhelpstudentsenhancetheabilitytolearnEnglishthat:1)tocommunicatewiththeEnglishteachersactively,inordertoestablishagoodrelationshipbetweenteachersandstudents;2)toevaluateandattributereasonablythestudents’Englishlearning;3)toenhancetheirinterestinEnglishlearningthroughavarietyofways;4)todevelopstudents’senseofsocialresponsibilityandself-worth.Keywords：Collegestudents;Englishlearningmotivation;majorfactors;strategies大学生英语学习动机的研究ii摘要:本文从学习动机的概念及其发展出发，着重研究了影响我国大学生英语的学习动机的主要因素。论文通过对本校60名大学生英语学习动机的相关问卷调查，并借鉴相关学者研究的观点，从学生自身内部，社会和学校教育三个角度分析出了影响当今大学生英语学习动机的主要因素，旨在为大学生提出一些激发英语学习动机的策略。本文为激发大学生英语学习动机,帮助大学生提升英语学习的能力提出了四个策略：1）要主动与英语老师沟通交流，以便建立一个良好的师生关系；2）要对自己的英语学习进行合理的评价及其归因；3）通过多种方式来提升自己对英语的学习兴趣；4）培养自身的社会责任感和自我价值观。关键词：大学生；英语动机；主要因素；策略Contents1.Introduction............................................................................................错误!未定义书签。2.MotivationonEnglishlearning..............................................................错误!未定义书签。2.1Definitionsoflearningmotivation...................................................错误!未定义书签。2.2Theclassificationoflearningmotivation.........................................错误!未定义书签。iii2.2.1Intrinsicmotivationandextrinsicmotivation................................错误!未定义书签。2.2.2Integrativemotivationandinstrumentalmotivation.....................错误!未定义书签。3.TheresearchontheEnglishlearningmotivation...................................错误!未定义书签。3.1Descriptionoftheresearch...............................................................错误!未定义书签。3.2Datacollectionandanalysesoftheresults.......................................错误!未定义书签。4.ThefactorsinfluencingEnglishlearningmotivation.............................错误!未定义书签。4.1Internalfactors..................................................................................错误!未定义书签。4.1.1Students’beliefsorinterestsaboutEnglishlearning...............................................64.1.2Students’goalsaboutEnglishlearning....................................错误!未定义书签。4.1.3Students’attitudesonthescholasticrecords...........................错误!未定义书签。4.2Socialfactors....................................................................................................................84.3Educationalfactors...........................................................................................................95.StrategiesabouthowtostimulatetheEnglishlearningmotivation.......错误!未定义书签。5.1Establishingapleasantandsupportiveclassroomatmosphere........错误!未定义书签。5.2Evaluatingandattributingthestudents’ownEnglishlearning......错误!未定义书签。5.3EnhacingstudentsinterestinEnglish...............................................错误!未定义书签。5.4Developingthesenseofstudents’socialvalueandself-worth........错误!未定义书签。6.Conclusion..............................................................................................错误!未定义书签。References..................................................................................................错误!未定义书签。Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................13Appendix..................................................................................................................................131AStudyonMotivationofCollegeStudentsinEnglishLearning1.IntroductionNowadays,Englishlanguagehasplayedanimportantroleintheworld,sointheuniversitylearningandmasteringEnglishalsobecomeacompulsorycourseinChina.Englishisanimportanttoolforexchanginginformationandexpressinginnerthoughts.TheelevationofEnglishlearningbasesonalongperiodwhichincludeslistening,speaking,readingandwriting.Inordertolearnthislanguagebetter,thepropermotivationhasbeenregardedasthemostdynamicfactorsaffectingtheEnglishlearning.JustasCorder(1981)putit,“givenmotivation,anyonecanlearnalanguage”.Uptonow,manyresearcheshavebeenconductedtodescribeandanalyzethemotivationofcollegestudentsinEnglishlearning.Theword“motivation”hasappearedinthebookin1930sofficially.Motivationallevelisreflectedbythelearners’motivationalbehaviorandit’sinfluencedbymanymotivationalvariables.Inrecentyears,muchworkhasbeendonetoresearchintothemotivationalvariables.Gardner(1972)andLambert(1972),aspioneersinthefieldofSLA,haveresearchedintomotivationmainlyfromsocial－psychologicaldimensionanddividedmotivationintointegrativemotivationandinstrumentalmotivation.Inthe1990s,researchersofsecondlanguageshadnotonlyconductedresearchfromthisdimension,bu