AStudyofCollegeNon-EnglishMajors’EnglishLearningMotivation--WithSpecialEmphasisontheFreshmenofVLSCourseinShenzhenUniversityContentsContents........................................................................................................................iAcknowledgements....................................................................................................iiiAbstractandKeywords............................................................................................ivListofTablesandFigures..........................................................................................vAbbreviations.............................................................................................................viChapter1Introduction..............................................................................................11.1BackgroundoftheStudy................................................................................11.2PurposeandSignificance................................................................................21.3OverviewoftheThesis...................................................................................3Chapter2LiteratureReview.....................................................................................52.1DefinitionsofMotivationandLearningMotivation.......................................52.2ClassificationsofLearningMotivation...........................................................62.2.1InstrumentalandIntegrativeMotivation..............................................62.2.2IntrinsicMotivationandExtrinsicMotivation.....................................62.3DefinitionsofMotivationalIntensity..............................................................72.4PreviousStudyonMotivationAbroad............................................................72.5PreviousStudyonMotivationinChina..........................................................8Chapter3Methodology..............................................................................................93.1ResearchQuestions.........................................................................................93.2Subjects..........................................................................................................93.3Instruments...................................................................................................103.3.1Questionnaire.....................................................................................103.3.2Interview............................................................................................103.4Data-collection..............................................................................................113.5Data-analysis................................................................................................11Chapter4ResultsandDiscussion...........................................................................124.1ReliabilityoftheQuestionnaire....................................................................124.2MotivationTypes..........................................................................................13i4.3MotivationalIntensity...................................................................................154.3.1GeneralMotivationalIntensity..........................................................