A Study on Students' Integrative Motivation for College English Learning in Chinese Universities

In foreign language learning and teaching, learner's motivation is a focus and discussed by many researchers from various perspectives. College students' English learning motivation is one of those many research subjects. It has great influence on the frequency of using learning strategies, the acceptance of second language input, the interaction with the native speakers, the setting of goals and the learner's determination of learning a foreign language. Based on Gardner's motivation dichotomy, this thesis adopts quantitative approach to study the integrative motivation of Chinese college students. This study is undertaken for the following purposes: firstly, to identify students' integrative motivation, and then to provide some useful suggestions on how to enhance students' integrative motivation.