| CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| ENGLISH ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-14页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purposes of the Study and research questions | 第16-19页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第19-43页 |
| ·Definitions of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第19-24页 |
| ·Psychological Perspectives of Anxiety | 第19-21页 |
| ·Second-Language-Lerning Perspectives of Anxiety | 第21-24页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Affect | 第25-37页 |
| ·Anxiety—an important affective variable in foreign language learning | 第26-29页 |
| ·foreign language anxiety as one of the affective components in foreign language learning | 第29-37页 |
| ·Previous researches | 第37-40页 |
| ·Towards a theoretical synthesis | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| 3. Study Methodology of foreign language anxiety of middle school students | 第43-57页 |
| ·Instrument and objectives | 第43-46页 |
| ·Data Collection and Procedures | 第46-48页 |
| ·Analysis | 第48-57页 |
| ·Data Analysis Based on the Questionnaire | 第49-56页 |
| ·Data Analysis Based on the Personal Interviews | 第56-57页 |
| 4. Results & Discussion | 第57-73页 |
| ·Foreign language anxiety level on school students | 第57-58页 |
| ·Correlation between English test performance and anxiety level | 第58-59页 |
| ·Grade and gender differences | 第59-60页 |
| ·Results from the Interviews | 第60-73页 |
| ·Sources of Language Anxiety in English Learning | 第60-65页 |
| ·Anxiety-Provoking Situations | 第65-69页 |
| ·Factors that students believe may help to reduce anxiety | 第69-73页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第73-79页 |
| ·Implications | 第73-78页 |
| ·Awareness of foreign language anxiety | 第73-74页 |
| ·Affective techniques and approaches to alleviate feelings of anxiety | 第74-78页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research Possibilities | 第78-79页 |
| REFERENCES | 第79-87页 |
| APPENDIXES | 第87-91页 |
