| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-21页 |
| ·General introduction | 第16-17页 |
| ·Background of ELT for postgraduates in China | 第17-19页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research questions | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-43页 |
| ·Introduction to language anxiety | 第21-23页 |
| ·Different perspectives of language anxiety | 第23-26页 |
| ·Trait anxiety, state anxiety and situation specific anxiety | 第23-25页 |
| ·Facilitating and debilitating anxiety | 第25-26页 |
| ·Studies on anxiety and language learning | 第26-40页 |
| ·The causes of anxiety in language learning | 第26-32页 |
| ·The effects of anxiety in language learning | 第32-40页 |
| ·Studies on reducing language anxiety | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Three Survey | 第43-52页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Subjects and design | 第43-44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-45页 |
| ·FLCAS | 第44页 |
| ·The questionnaire on the causes and effects of the participants' anxiety (designed by the author) | 第44-45页 |
| ·The oral test | 第45页 |
| ·Procedures | 第45页 |
| ·Data analyses | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Data of the FLCAS and the oral test | 第45-47页 |
| ·The data of the questionnaire on the causes and effects of their anxiety | 第47-48页 |
| ·The results of the oral test | 第48页 |
| ·The effect of the participants' anxiety on their oral performance | 第48-49页 |
| ·Findings and discussions | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Case Study | 第52-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第52页 |
| ·Subjects and design | 第52-53页 |
| ·Instruments | 第53-54页 |
| ·Procedures | 第54-65页 |
| ·Knowing students' needs and desires and building up the rapport between teacher and students | 第55-57页 |
| ·Teaching students techniques to deal with anxiety and boost their confidence | 第57-59页 |
| ·Creating a relaxing and secure learning environment | 第59-65页 |
| ·Results and discussions | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions and Suggestions | 第69-72页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第69-71页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix A | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix B | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix C | 第81页 |
