| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Lists of Figures and Tables | 第10-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations#ⅷ | 第12-13页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Background to the present study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Definition for the concepts of anxiety and language anxiety | 第15-17页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第18-19页 |
| 2 Literatnre review | 第19-27页 |
| ·Review of the related studies abroad | 第19-23页 |
| ·Relevant studies in China | 第23-27页 |
| 3 Rationale of the study | 第27-29页 |
| ·Theory of elementary anxiety | 第27页 |
| ·Theory on conditions of learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Social psychological theory | 第28-29页 |
| 4 Present study | 第29-49页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第30页 |
| ·Subjects of the investigation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Instruments of the investigation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedure of the investigation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Data collection and statistics | 第35-49页 |
| ·Statistical results and analysis | 第36-44页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of variable differences in language anxiety | 第44-45页 |
| ·Correlation analysis between different social variables and the three aspects of foreign language anxiety involved in FLCAS | 第45-49页 |
| 5 Discussion | 第49-63页 |
| ·English language anxiety differences between the students from the two different schools | 第50-51页 |
| ·English language anxiety of the students in different grades | 第51-55页 |
| ·English language anxiety of the students in different sex groups | 第55-57页 |
| ·English language anxiety of the students with different achievements | 第57-58页 |
| ·English language anxiety of the students from different birthplaces (city or country) | 第58-60页 |
| ·English language anxiety of the students whose family income is different and whose parents are at different education levels | 第60-63页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第63-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix 1: Questionnaire in the English version | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix 2: Questionnaire in the Chinese version | 第79-82页 |
| Appendix 3: Information of variable differences in language anxiety | 第82-87页 |
| Appendix 4: Information about the interview | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix 5: Raw data of the statistical analysis of variable differences in English language anxiety | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix 6: Raw data of the investigation | 第90-93页 |