| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance and Purposes of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-30页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Low-achieving Students at Home and Abroad | 第15-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Low-achieving Students | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous Research on Low-achieving Students | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Studies of Anxiety | 第18-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of Anxiety | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.3 Foreign Language Learning Anxiety | 第20-25页 |
| 2.3 Studies of Cooperative Learning | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Cooperative Learning | 第25页 |
| 2.3.2 The Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.3 Major Models of Cooperative Learning | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4 Related Studies about Cooperative Learning on Reducing Learners' ForeignLanguage Learning Anxiety | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第30-36页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第30页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3.1 The Questionnaire | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.2 Interview | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.3 The English Examination | 第32页 |
| 3.3.4 Experiment | 第32-34页 |
| 3.4 Procedures for Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| 3.5 Methods of Data Analysis | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第36-49页 |
| 4.1 The Actual Situation of Low-achieving Students' Anxiety | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2 Effects of Cooperative Leaning on Reducing Low-achieving Students' Anxiety | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.1 Comparison of Anxiety between Experimental Group and ControlGroup before and after the Experiment | 第38-39页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison of the Anxiety of the Two Groups before and after theExperiment | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3 Comparison of Low-achieving Students' English Anxiety and Proficiency | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.1 Comparison of English Proficiency between Experimental Group andControl Group before the Experiment | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.2 The Correlation Analysis between English Learning Anxiety andEnglish Proficiency | 第41页 |
| 4.4 The Results of Interview before and after the Experiment | 第41-45页 |
| 4.5 Discussion | 第45-49页 |
| 4.5.1 The High Anxiety of Low-achieving Students in Junior Middle School | 第45-46页 |
| 4.5.2 Effects of Cooperative Learning on Reducing Low-achieving Students'Anxiety | 第46-48页 |
| 4.5.3 Effects of Cooperative Learning on Improving Low-achieving Students'English Proficiency by Reducing Their English Learning Anxiety | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-53页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the study | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第51-53页 |
| References | 第53-58页 |
| Appendixes | 第58-61页 |
| Appendixes Ⅰ | 第58-60页 |
| Appendixes Ⅱ | 第60-61页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间研究成果 | 第61页 |
