| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Current research situations | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of this research | 第14-15页 |
| ·The structure of this thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Part 1 Literature Review | 第17-49页 |
| Chapter 1 Personality & its Categories in Second Language Learning(SLL) | 第17-28页 |
| ·Definition of personality | 第17-18页 |
| ·Different personality traits classified by the psychologists | 第18-19页 |
| ·Eight personality traits related to second language learning(SLL) | 第19-28页 |
| Chapter 2 Extroversion/introversion & its respective acting processes and roles in SLL | 第28-38页 |
| ·The characteristics of extroversion/introversion & its empirical research in SLL | 第28-33页 |
| ·The characteristics of extroversion & introversion | 第28-29页 |
| ·The influence of extroversion & introversion on SLL | 第29-33页 |
| ·The cognitive characteristics of the extraversion/introversion | 第33-36页 |
| ·Comparison of the separate cognitive characteristics | 第33-35页 |
| ·Comparison of the separate input and output characteristics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Some issues involved in the dichotomy personality variables | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Anxiety & its acting processes and roles in SLL | 第38-49页 |
| ·Causes and forms of anxiety | 第38-39页 |
| ·Types of anxiety in SLL | 第39-40页 |
| ·Two types of anxiety categorized by its role | 第39-40页 |
| ·The other anxiety types in language learning classified by the causes | 第40页 |
| ·The psychological disposing process of the anxiety learners | 第40-43页 |
| ·The cognitive process of the anxiety in psychological research | 第40-41页 |
| ·The learning processes of the anxiety(Affective filter hypothesis) | 第41-43页 |
| ·Anxiety and learning | 第43-44页 |
| ·The literature review on anxiety research | 第44-46页 |
| ·Other anxiety-related factors on language learning | 第46-49页 |
| Part 2 Survey & Researches | 第49-89页 |
| Chapter 4 Studies on the Main Personality Factors related to SLA | 第49-75页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49-50页 |
| ·Selection of Measuring Instrument of Personality | 第50-51页 |
| ·About Cattell's 16PF questionnaire | 第51-53页 |
| ·Design of the Research & Procedures | 第53-54页 |
| ·Research Design | 第53页 |
| ·Procedures | 第53-54页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第54-56页 |
| ·The collected personality data | 第54-55页 |
| ·Data collection of English Examination Scores | 第55页 |
| ·Descriptive Results of the subjects'English score | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data and results analysis | 第56-70页 |
| ·Group contrast between college group and postgraduate group | 第56-60页 |
| ·The correlation degree contrasts between the groups | 第56-58页 |
| ·Interaction of the two personality traits | 第58-60页 |
| ·The contrast between the different genders | 第60-70页 |
| ·The gender difference on different personality traits | 第61页 |
| ·The gender difference on correlated personality traits | 第61-64页 |
| ·The interaction of two main personality traits and gender | 第64-70页 |
| ·Summaries of statistics | 第70-75页 |
| ·The correlation between some personality traits and SLL results | 第70-71页 |
| ·Extroversion/introversion and anxiety are to be discussed | 第71-72页 |
| ·Interaction of two personality traits | 第72页 |
| ·Differences of the two groups | 第72-73页 |
| ·Gender difference | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis and Discussion | 第75-89页 |
| ·Discussion about the personality traits involved in SLL | 第75-84页 |
| ·Related personality traits | 第75-79页 |
| ·Extroversion/Introversion | 第79-81页 |
| ·Anxiety/stability | 第81-83页 |
| ·Interaction of the two dimensions | 第83-84页 |
| ·Discussion on the differences between the two groups | 第84-85页 |
| ·Discussion on gender difference | 第85-89页 |
| Part 3 Conclusion & implication | 第89-95页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion of this research | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter 7 Implication in SLL & SLT | 第91-95页 |
| ·Implication | 第91-93页 |
| ·Limitations | 第93-95页 |
| References | 第95-98页 |
| APPENDIX | 第98-110页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第110-111页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第111页 |
