| List of Figures and Tables | 第1-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第10-12页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·The rationale of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第16-19页 |
| ·The structure of the study | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第20-35页 |
| ·The Affective Filter Hypothesis of Krashen | 第20-22页 |
| ·Anxiety and language anxiety | 第22-23页 |
| ·The nature of language anxiety | 第23-24页 |
| ·Perspectives of language anxiety | 第24-26页 |
| ·Horwitz's construct of FLCAS | 第26-31页 |
| ·The components of FLCAS | 第27-29页 |
| ·Communication apprehension | 第27-28页 |
| ·Fear of negative evaluation | 第28页 |
| ·Test anxiety | 第28-29页 |
| ·The validity and reliability of FLCAS | 第29-31页 |
| ·The effect of anxiety | 第31-35页 |
| ·Debilitating anxiety | 第31-33页 |
| ·Facilitating anxiety | 第33-34页 |
| ·Language anxiety, debilitating or facilitating? | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three Literature Review | 第35-43页 |
| ·Overview | 第35页 |
| ·Previous studies abroad | 第35-40页 |
| ·Previous studies at home | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methods | 第43-51页 |
| ·Questions and hypotheses | 第43-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第44页 |
| ·Procedures | 第44-46页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第46-49页 |
| ·Horwitz et al's FLCAS | 第46-47页 |
| ·Language achievement measurement | 第47-48页 |
| ·Interview | 第48-49页 |
| ·Component division of the FLCAS | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five Data Analysis | 第51-68页 |
| ·The pilot study | 第51-56页 |
| ·Data analysis of the middle school group | 第56-61页 |
| ·General description of each middle school | 第56-57页 |
| ·Intra-group comparison of the middle school group | 第57-61页 |
| ·The correlations between anxiety and language achievement among different anxiety groups in the middle school group | 第58-59页 |
| ·Mean comparison of four components of FLCAS in the middle school group | 第59-61页 |
| ·Data analysis of the college group | 第61-64页 |
| ·General description of each college | 第61-62页 |
| ·Intra-group comparison of the college group | 第62-64页 |
| ·The correlations between anxiety and language achievement among different anxiety groups in the college group | 第62-63页 |
| ·Mean comparison of four components of FLCAS in different colleges | 第63-64页 |
| ·Inter-group comparison | 第64-68页 |
| ·The comparison of FLCAS scores between two groups | 第64-65页 |
| ·Mean comparison of each component of FLCAS between two groups | 第65-68页 |
| Chapter Six Results and Discussion | 第68-81页 |
| ·Discussion of the results | 第68-70页 |
| ·Discussion of the main findings | 第70-77页 |
| ·Summary of the main findings of the present study | 第70-71页 |
| ·Discussion of the findings | 第71-77页 |
| ·Potential sources arousing language anxiety | 第77-81页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第81-85页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第81-83页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第83-84页 |
| ·Suggestions for future study. | 第84-85页 |
| References | 第85-92页 |
| Appendices | 第92-105页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第92-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第94-96页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第96-98页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第98-99页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ | 第99-100页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ | 第100-101页 |
| Appendix Ⅶ | 第101-105页 |
