| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| 1．1 Aim of This Study | 第13-15页 |
| 1．2 The Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review: Theoretical Studies of Language Anxiety | 第17-39页 |
| 2．1 Anxiety Research in Applied Psychology | 第17-21页 |
| 2．1．1 Definition of Anxiety | 第17-18页 |
| 2．1．2 Three Approaches to the Study of Anxiety | 第18-20页 |
| 2．1．2．1 Trait Anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| 2．1．2．2 State Anxiety | 第19-20页 |
| 2．1．2．3 Situation-Specific Anxiety | 第20页 |
| 2．1．3 Important Scales Measuring Trait and State Anxiety | 第20-21页 |
| 2．2 Foreign Language Anxiety | 第21-25页 |
| 2．2．1 Definition of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第21-22页 |
| 2．2．2 Components of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2．2．1 Communication Apprehension | 第22-23页 |
| 2．2．2．2 Test Anxiety or Apprehension over Academic Evaluation | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2．2．3 Fear of Negative Social Evaluation | 第24页 |
| 2．2．3 Situation -Specific Scales of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第24-25页 |
| 2．3 Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating Anxiety | 第25-27页 |
| 2．3．1 Definitions and Functions of Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating Anxiety | 第25页 |
| 2．3．2 The Proof of Facilitating and Debilitating Anxiety | 第25-27页 |
| 2．3．3 Comment | 第27页 |
| 2．4 Some Important Correlates of Language Anxiety | 第27-37页 |
| 2．4．1 Introduction | 第27-28页 |
| 2．4．2 Personal Correlates of Anxiety | 第28-32页 |
| 2．4．2．1 Starting Age | 第28-29页 |
| 2．4．2．2 Self-esteem | 第29页 |
| 2．4．2．3 Competitiveness | 第29-30页 |
| 2．4．2．4 Beliefs | 第30页 |
| 2．4．2．5 Attitudes | 第30-31页 |
| 2． 4．2．6 Extroversion and Introversion | 第31-32页 |
| 2．4．3 Teachers Related Correlates | 第32-37页 |
| 2．4．3．1 Teachers' Task Requirements in Classroom | 第32-37页 |
| 2．4．3．1．1 Listening Task and Receiver Anxiety | 第33-34页 |
| 2．4．3．1．2 Speaking and Social Anxiety | 第34-35页 |
| 2．4．3．1．3 Reading Task | 第35页 |
| 2．4．3．1．4 Writing Task | 第35-36页 |
| 2．4．3．1．5 Tests | 第36-37页 |
| 2．5 Implications for the Present Study | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Investigation into English Classroom Anxiety of College Students | 第39-50页 |
| 3．1 Purpose of This Study | 第39页 |
| 3．2 Method | 第39-50页 |
| 3．2．1 Subjects | 第39-43页 |
| 3．2．2 Procedure | 第43-44页 |
| 3．2．3 Instruments | 第44-48页 |
| 3．2．3．1 The English Classroom Anxiety Questionnaire | 第44-48页 |
| 3．2．3．2 GET 0306, Test 1, Test 2 and Test 3 | 第48页 |
| 3．2．4 Data Processing | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第50-105页 |
| 4．1 Descriptive Statistics of FLCAS | 第50-69页 |
| 4．1．1 Descriptive statistics of classroom situations | 第50-62页 |
| 4．1．1．1 Variable Items with Percentage of Subjects Selecting Each Alternative in Classroom Activities | 第51-60页 |
| 4．1．1．2 Summary | 第60-62页 |
| 4．1．2 Description of Subjects' Self-rating of Their English Learning | 第62-63页 |
| 4．1．3 Descriptive Statistics of Affective Attitude to English | 第63页 |
| 4．1．4 Analysis of Subjects' Degree of Extroversion and Introversion | 第63-64页 |
| 4．1．5 Analysis of Subjects' English Classroom Anxiety in Six Factors | 第64-69页 |
| 4．2 Comparative Studies Between and Among Different Groups | 第69-80页 |
| 4．2．1 English Classroom Anxiety and Personal Backgrounds | 第69-73页 |
| 4．2．1．1 English Classroom Anxiety and Sex | 第69-70页 |
| 4．2．1．2 English Classroom Anxiety and Age | 第70-72页 |
| 4．2．1．3 English Classroom Anxiety and Disciplinary Areas | 第72页 |
| 4．2．1．4 Brief Summary | 第72-73页 |
| 4．2．2 English Classroom Anxiety and Educational Background | 第73-77页 |
| 4．2．2．1 English Classroom Anxiety and Early and Later Starters | 第73-74页 |
| 4．2．2．2 English Classroom Anxiety and Junior and Senior High Schools | 第74-75页 |
| 4．2．2．3 English Classroom Anxiety and Students Status | 第75-76页 |
| 4．2．2．4 English Classroom Anxiety and Learners' Prior Achievement | 第76页 |
| 4．2．2．5 Brief Summary | 第76-77页 |
| 4．2．4 English Classroom Anxiety and Self-rating of One's English Competence | 第77页 |
| 4．2．5 English Classroom Anxiety and Affective Attitude to English | 第77-79页 |
| 4．2．6 Communication Apprehension and Introversion - Extroversion | 第79-80页 |
| 4．3 Correlation Studies between English Performance and English Anxiety | 第80-83页 |
| 4．3．1 Pearson Correlations between English Anxiety and GET 0306 Scores | 第81-82页 |
| 4．3．2 Correlations between English anxiety and Test 1, Test 2and Test3 Scores | 第82-83页 |
| 4．4 Post-Test Interviews with High-Low Anxiety Subjectst | 第83-105页 |
| 4．4．1 Introduction | 第83-84页 |
| 4．4．2 Discussions on the Results from Answers to Question 1 | 第84-86页 |
| 4．4．3 Discussion on the Result from Answers to Question 2 | 第86-90页 |
| 4．4．4 Discussion on the Results from Answers to Question 3 | 第90-94页 |
| 4．4．5 Discussion on the Result from the answers to Question 4 | 第94-98页 |
| 4．4．6 Discussion and Results from the Answers to Question 5 | 第98-100页 |
| 4．4．7 Discussion on the Results from Answers to Question 6 | 第100-105页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第105-113页 |
| 5．1 Major Findings from Comparative Studies | 第105-106页 |
| 5．1．1 Major Findings Related with Personal Backgrounds | 第105页 |
| 5．1．2 Major Findings Related with Personal Educational Experiences | 第105页 |
| 5．1．3 Major Findings Related with Internal Factors | 第105-106页 |
| 5．2 Major Findings from Correlation Studies | 第106页 |
| 5．3 Major Findings from Post-Test Interview between High-Anxiety Subjects and Low- Anxiety Subjects | 第106-108页 |
| 5．3．1 Major Findings Related with Test Anxiety | 第106-107页 |
| 5．3．2 Major Findings Related with Self- Esteem | 第107页 |
| 5．3．3 Major Findings Related with Instructor-Learner Interaction | 第107-108页 |
| 5．3．4 Major Findings Related with Receiver Anxiety | 第108页 |
| 5．3．5 Major Findings Related with Affective Attitude to English | 第108页 |
| 5．4 Conclusion | 第108-109页 |
| 5．5 Methodological Implications | 第109-110页 |
| 5．6 Practical Implications | 第110-112页 |
| 5．7 Limitations and Recommendations for Further Research | 第112-113页 |
| Bibliography | 第113-116页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第116-121页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第121-123页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第123-126页 |
