| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| ·Research Background | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Purpose and Procedure of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-39页 |
| ·The Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Definitions of Anxiety | 第22-23页 |
| ·Categories of Language Anxiety | 第23-27页 |
| ·Communication apprehension, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Trait anxiety, state anxiety and situation specific anxiety | 第24-25页 |
| ·Facilitating anxiety and debilitating anxiety | 第25-26页 |
| ·Input anxiety, processing anxiety and output anxiety | 第26-27页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Learning Achievement | 第27-31页 |
| ·Relevant studies abroad | 第27-29页 |
| ·Relevant studies at home | 第29-31页 |
| ·Studies on the Interaction between Foreign Language Anxiety and Other Learning Factors | 第31-36页 |
| ·Attitudes, motivation and anxiety | 第31-32页 |
| ·Anxiety and gender | 第32-34页 |
| ·Anxiety and major | 第34-35页 |
| ·Anxiety and other individual factors | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第39-49页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Participants | 第40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40-45页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第40-43页 |
| ·In-depth interview | 第43-45页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45-47页 |
| ·Data collection | 第45-46页 |
| ·Data coding | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第49-71页 |
| ·The General Picture of English Learning Anxiety of Postgraduates | 第49-55页 |
| ·Results | 第49-54页 |
| ·Discussions | 第54-55页 |
| ·Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and English Achievement | 第55-56页 |
| ·Results | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussions | 第56页 |
| ·Correlations between English learning anxiety and Gender, Majors, School Backgrounds | 第56-62页 |
| ·Results | 第56-60页 |
| ·Discussions | 第60-62页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of the Interview Data | 第62-68页 |
| ·Summary of Findings and Discussions | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第71-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第72-75页 |
| ·Being aware of the negative effects of anxiety in English learning | 第73页 |
| ·Adjusting course content and creating a positive classroom environment | 第73-74页 |
| ·Realizing the associated social and cultural factors of anxiety | 第74页 |
| ·Forming rational attitude to test | 第74-75页 |
| ·Offering instructions for students’English learning, especially for their tests and communication | 第75页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第75-76页 |
| ·Recommendations for Further Research | 第76-77页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第77-79页 |
| REFERENCES | 第79-89页 |
| APPENDIX | 第89-93页 |
| 附录：作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第93页 |
