This paper presents part of a research project on Chinese college undergraduates?English learning motivation and self-identity changes. Previous studies on Chinese students?English learning motivation mostly followed the classical model (Gardner & Lambert 1972; Gardner 1985) and their expansions (Tremblay et al. 1995), which were originated in contexts different from EFL in China. The basic motivation types of Chinese students remained to be inducted from data of the actual context. The purpose of the prese...