Changes in Motivation Among Chinese English-Major Students in Different Academic Years and the Relationship Between their Motivations and Strategies

AbstractThe present research aims to investigate changes in Chinese English-major students’motivation and the correlation between their motivations and strategies. Through aquestionnaire survey of 263 BA students in different academic years, it was found that out ofseven different motivations, learning situation motivation shows the greatest difference;moreover, students’ motivation increases with the advancement of academic years. Inaddition, there are significant differences in strategy use by differently motivated students;cognitive strategy is positively and highly correlated with interest motivation while metacognitivestrategy is negatively correlated with context motivation.