大学生英语学习动机组成因素与个体特征差异的关系

A study on the relationship between undergraduates' English learning motivational components and the difference in individual characteristics

本文运用定量研究的方法分析了学生英语学习动机组成因素与个体特征差异的关系。研究结果表明：1）中国语境下大学生英语学习动机主要有9 个组成因素，分别是语言效价、文化学习评价、集体评价、个人需要、课程教师评价、个性、社会需求、证书动机和自我效能。 2）个体特征差异对动机组成因素有显著影响。学校和英语水平对动机组成因素有显著的主效应；家庭背景和学校、年级、英语水平之间以及英语水平和学校之间有显著的交互作用。

This research examines the relationship between the component factors of English learning motivation and the difference in individual characteristics in the Chinese setting. The sample obtained from a stratified sampling consists of 200 non-English major undergraduates from 4 universities. Nine component factors of English learning motivation are discovered. Multivariate tests show that individual characteristics have significant effects on motivational components. [School] and [English proficiency] have main effects; [family background] and [school]， [family background] and [grade]， [family background] and [English proficiency] and [English proficiency] and [school] have significant interactive effects.