The present study was an attempt to investigate the overall motivation patterns of college student athletes, and their correlations with English language achievement by means of analyzing test results and the questionnaires. 227 college student athletes from 8 universities were chosen as the subjects. The findings could be summarized as follows： （1） students＇ efforts and integrative motivation were highly related to language achievement while instrumental motivation was an exception; （2） students＇ efforts and integrati...
