| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·General description of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of this thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Anxiety | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of Anxiety | 第14页 |
| ·Types of Anxiety | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies on Foreign Language Anxiety | 第15-18页 |
| ·Definition of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第15-16页 |
| ·Horwitz et al.' Construct of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第16-18页 |
| ·Sources of Language Anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| ·Effects of anxiety on language learning | 第19-24页 |
| ·Debilitative and Facilitative Anxiety | 第20-21页 |
| ·Relationships of language anxiety to language performance | 第21-22页 |
| ·Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第24-34页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第24页 |
| ·Research Method | 第24-26页 |
| ·Participants | 第24-25页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第25-26页 |
| ·Data Collecting Procedure | 第26页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Findings | 第26-29页 |
| ·The general situation of students' anxiety in English classrooms | 第27页 |
| ·The anxiety level of four anxiety sources | 第27-28页 |
| ·The comparison of males and females' English classroom anxiety | 第28-29页 |
| ·Correlation between English Proficiency and Language Anxiety | 第29页 |
| ·Discussion | 第29-34页 |
| ·Language anxiety in English classrooms | 第29-31页 |
| ·Language anxiety between different sexes | 第31页 |
| ·Debilitating anxiety in language learning | 第31-32页 |
| ·Major problems concerning students | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Implication for EFL Teaching | 第34-44页 |
| ·Improvement of teachers' qualities | 第34-37页 |
| ·Awareness advancement of teaching theories and methodology | 第35页 |
| ·Formation of proper beliefs | 第35-36页 |
| ·Enhancement of teacher's charm | 第36-37页 |
| ·Strategies to improve teaching | 第37-41页 |
| ·Creating a low-anxiety classroom environment | 第37-38页 |
| ·Creating cooperative language learning | 第38-40页 |
| ·Modifying the way of error correction | 第40页 |
| ·Modifying the way of question-answer | 第40-41页 |
| ·Cultivation of students' psychological quality | 第41-43页 |
| ·Helping students to raise self- confidence | 第42页 |
| ·Helping students to build up correct beliefs toward English | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第44-47页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第44-45页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第45-46页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第46-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-51页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 英语课堂焦虑问卷 | 第51-53页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Open-ended questions for the interview | 第53页 |
