ABSTRACT
This paper first shows the significant researches on gender differences from abroad and home to prove that gender differences play an important role in English learning. I first try to prove that gender difference exist in English study motivation through the questionnaire which I designed for girls and boys from two different middle schools. Then I analyze the data of questionnaire carefully. At last, l give some suggestions in order to improve students’ motivation according to my teaching experience. The overall purpose of the present study is to find out the different motivation of female and male middle school students in English learning. I hope this sort of study may helpful for students to promote learning efficiency and learning result. And the application of such insight may also be conducive to improve teachers' teaching management. Moreover, this research is conducted to make some contributions to the understanding of gender differences and language learning in middle school in Chinese contest.
Keywords：gender differences; English learning; learning motivation
Contents
1．Introduction 1
1.1 Definitions of "Sex" and "Gender" 1
1.2Background of the Study 1
2. The data analysis of questionnaire to show gender differences 3
2.1 The design of the questionnaire 3
2.2 The subjects of the questionnaire 3
2.3 The data analysis of questionnaire 3
2.3.5 Summary 6
3. Teaching and Learning Strategies for Stimulating Motivation 8
3.1 Creating the basic motivational conditions 8
3.2 Generating Student Motivation 10
3.3 Sustaining and Protecting Motivation 12
3.4 Encouraging Positive Self-evaluation 13
4. Conclusion 15
APPENDIX I 16
APPENDIX II 18
Acknowledgements 20
References 21
