| Chinese Abstract | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| Chinese Synopsis | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第10-21页 |
| ·Studies on Listening Comprehension | 第10-11页 |
| ·Definition of Listening Comprehension | 第10页 |
| ·Characteristics of Listening Comprehension | 第10-11页 |
| ·Definitions of Anxiety and Language Anxiety | 第11-12页 |
| ·Definition of Anxiety | 第11-12页 |
| ·Definition of Language Anxiety | 第12页 |
| ·Classification of Anxiety | 第12-13页 |
| ·State Anxiety or trait Anxiety | 第12页 |
| ·Debilitating Anxiety and Facilitating Anxiety | 第12-13页 |
| ·Correlates of Language Anxiety | 第13-17页 |
| ·Self-esteem | 第14页 |
| ·Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第14页 |
| ·Risk-taking | 第14页 |
| ·Competitiveness | 第14-15页 |
| ·Social Anxiety | 第15页 |
| ·Test Anxiety | 第15-16页 |
| ·Identity and Culture Shock | 第16页 |
| ·Beliefs | 第16页 |
| ·Classroom Activities and Methods | 第16-17页 |
| ·Introductory-learner Interactions | 第17页 |
| ·Impact of Language Anxiety on Foreign Language Learning | 第17-18页 |
| ·Current approaches to reduce anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| ·Aims of the Present Study:Three questions to Answer | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Management of Anxiety in Listening Class:a Survey | 第21-29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第21页 |
| ·Instruments | 第21页 |
| ·Procedures | 第21-29页 |
| ·Pre-test stage | 第21-22页 |
| ·Application of new teaching techniques to reduce anxiety | 第22-26页 |
| ·Post-test stage | 第26-27页 |
| ·Data comparison | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Discussion:Possible Answers to Three Questions | 第29-34页 |
| ·Major Reasons for Anxiety in Listening Class Summarized from the Experiment | 第29-31页 |
| ·Learner's reasons | 第29-30页 |
| ·Teacher's reasons | 第30-31页 |
| ·Environmental reasons | 第31页 |
| ·Possibility of Anxiety Management | 第31-32页 |
| ·Can anxiety in listening class be reduced? | 第31页 |
| ·To what degree can listening anxiety be reduced | 第31-32页 |
| ·Discussion on Details of the New Teaching Techniques involved | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Implication for Listening Teaching in Middle Schools | 第34-38页 |
| ·Current situation of Listening Teaching in China | 第34页 |
| ·Suggestions for Improvement | 第34-38页 |
| ·Syllabus design | 第34-35页 |
| ·Improvement of teachers'qualities | 第35-36页 |
| ·Cultivation of students'psychological quality | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Five An Experiment on the Effectiveness of New Teaching Methods to Reduce Anxiety | 第38-40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38页 |
| ·Methods | 第38页 |
| ·Results and Analyses | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Conclusion | 第40-41页 |
| Bibliography | 第41-44页 |
| Appendix | 第44-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52页 |
