| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Abbreviations Used in This Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Research background | 第15-17页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of Related Literature | 第21-42页 |
| ·An overview | 第21页 |
| ·Research on listening comprehension | 第21-25页 |
| ·Definition of listening comprehension | 第22-23页 |
| ·Characteristics of listening comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·Factors influencing listening comprehension | 第24页 |
| ·Role of listening comprehension in language learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·A critique of research on listening comprehension | 第25页 |
| ·Research on foreign language anxiety | 第25-34页 |
| ·Nature of language anxiety | 第25-29页 |
| ·Definition of language anxiety | 第25-26页 |
| ·Anxiety impact on language learning | 第26-27页 |
| ·Approaches in anxiety study | 第27-29页 |
| ·Identification of foreign language anxiety | 第29页 |
| ·Empirical studies on foreign language anxiety | 第29-31页 |
| ·Three language-skill-specific anxiety studies:speaking, reading and writing | 第31-33页 |
| ·A critique of research on foreign language anxiety | 第33-34页 |
| ·Research on foreign language listening anxiety | 第34-40页 |
| ·Identification of foreign language listening anxiety | 第34-35页 |
| ·Empirical studies on foreign language listening anxiety | 第35-40页 |
| ·Foreign language listening anxiety and listening proficiency | 第35-37页 |
| ·Foreign language listening anxiety and learner background factors | 第37-39页 |
| ·Foreign language listening anxiety and listening strategies | 第39页 |
| ·Potential sources of foreign language listening anxiety | 第39-40页 |
| ·A critique of research on foreign language listening anxiety | 第40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第42-52页 |
| ·An overview | 第42页 |
| ·Research questions | 第42-43页 |
| ·Subjects | 第43-45页 |
| ·Participants of the quantitative study | 第43-44页 |
| ·Participants for the qualitative study | 第44-45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45-49页 |
| ·Quantitative study | 第45-48页 |
| ·Qualitative study | 第48-49页 |
| ·Pilot study | 第49页 |
| ·Data collection procedures | 第49-51页 |
| ·Quantitative study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Qualitative study | 第50-51页 |
| ·Data analysis procedures | 第51-52页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis | 第51页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Four Research Results | 第52-77页 |
| ·Results of the pilot study | 第52页 |
| ·Reliability analysis of the LAS, the FLCAS~* and the LSS | 第52-54页 |
| ·Participant characteristics | 第54-56页 |
| ·The LAS/FLCAS~*/LSS indexes and self-perceived attributes | 第56-59页 |
| ·Relationships between LAS/FLCAS~*/LSS indexes and other variables: correlation analysis | 第59-69页 |
| ·Correlation between LAS and other variables | 第59-61页 |
| ·Correlation between FLCAS~* and other variables | 第61-63页 |
| ·Correlation between LSS and other variables | 第63-65页 |
| ·Correlation among other variables | 第65-69页 |
| ·ANOVA analysis of the variance | 第69-72页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第72-77页 |
| ·Categorization of respondents' opinions on EFL listening anxiety | 第72页 |
| ·Analysis of the sources of EFL listening anxiety | 第72-77页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第77-93页 |
| ·An overview | 第77页 |
| ·Reliability and validity of the instruments | 第77-78页 |
| ·Discussion of the findings | 第78-92页 |
| ·Findings about the EFL listening anxiety | 第78-80页 |
| ·Relationship between LAS and FLCAS~* | 第80-81页 |
| ·Relationship between listening anxiety and listening proficiency | 第81-83页 |
| ·Relationship between listening anxiety and listening strategy | 第83页 |
| ·Influence of learner background factors | 第83-85页 |
| ·Additional findings | 第85-87页 |
| ·A tentative model for examination of EFL listening anxiety | 第87-90页 |
| ·Sources of EFL listening anxiety | 第90-92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-93页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第93-98页 |
| ·An overview | 第93页 |
| ·Major findings | 第93-94页 |
| ·Implications | 第94-97页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第94-95页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第95-96页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第96-97页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research | 第97-98页 |
| References | 第98-106页 |
| Appendixes | 第106-121页 |
| Appendix 1: Questionnaire | 第106-112页 |
| Appendix 2: Questionnaire | 第112-116页 |
| Appendix 3: Students' data for analysis | 第116-120页 |
| Appendix 4: Discussion guide for focus group interviews | 第120-121页 |
| 原创性声明 | 第121页 |
| 关于学位论文使用授权的声明 | 第121-122页 |
| 中文详细摘要 | 第122-130页 |
