| Abstract (in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第12-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Concepts Related to Foreign Language Anxiety | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Definition of Anxiety | 第15-16页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety | 第16页 |
| ·Components of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第16-18页 |
| ·Anxiety-provoking Factors | 第18-22页 |
| ·Common Sources of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第18-20页 |
| ·Self-esteem and Competitiveness | 第18-19页 |
| ·Learner’s Beliefs and Self-perceptions of Language Learning | 第19页 |
| ·Teachers’Beliefs and Attitudes toward Language Teaching | 第19-20页 |
| ·Language Testing | 第20页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Other Variables | 第20-22页 |
| ·Anxiety and Achievement | 第20-21页 |
| ·Anxiety and Gender | 第21页 |
| ·Anxiety and Family Background | 第21-22页 |
| ·Effects of Foreign Language Anxiety on English Learning | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Status Quo of English Teaching in Chinese Rural Area | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Present Study | 第26-42页 |
| ·Statement of Research Questions | 第26-27页 |
| ·Participants | 第27页 |
| ·Instruments and Data Collection Procedure | 第27-29页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第27-28页 |
| ·Follow-up Interview | 第28-29页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第29-42页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis | 第29-35页 |
| ·The FLCAS Scale Analysis | 第30-33页 |
| ·Language Anxiety and Students’English Achievement | 第33-34页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Gender | 第34-35页 |
| ·Foreign Language Anxiety and Residential Area | 第35页 |
| ·Qualitative Analysis | 第35-42页 |
| ·Classroom Communication | 第36-37页 |
| ·Lack of Language Environment and Practice | 第37-39页 |
| ·Fear of Failure | 第39-40页 |
| ·Language Testing | 第40页 |
| ·Peer Competition | 第40-41页 |
| ·Students’Wrong Beliefs about Language Learning | 第41页 |
| ·Inadequate Preparation | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussion | 第42-54页 |
| ·General Level of FLA among Rural Middle School Students | 第42-44页 |
| ·Reliability of FLCAS | 第42页 |
| ·Descriptive Results of FLA, Three Levels and Four Subcategories | 第42-44页 |
| ·Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Other Variables | 第44-46页 |
| ·Correlation between English Achievement and Anxiety Level | 第44页 |
| ·Correlation between Foreign Language Anxiety and Gender | 第44-45页 |
| ·Correlation between FLA and Family Background | 第45-46页 |
| ·Sources of English Anxiety | 第46-54页 |
| ·Anxiety in Classroom Communication | 第46-49页 |
| ·Listening Anxiety | 第46-47页 |
| ·Speaking Anxiety | 第47页 |
| ·Anxiety in Student-teacher Interaction | 第47-48页 |
| ·Teachers’Intolerance of Silence | 第48-49页 |
| ·Cruel Competition among Chinese Students | 第49页 |
| ·Language Testing Anxiety | 第49-50页 |
| ·Students’Unscientific Beliefs on English Learning | 第50-52页 |
| ·Lack of Risk-taking Ability | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Countermeasures to Alleviate Anxiety for Pedagogical Purpose | 第54-62页 |
| ·Being Aware of Foreign Language Anxiety | 第54-55页 |
| ·Creating a Low-anxiety Classroom Environment | 第55-57页 |
| ·Reducing Test Anxiety | 第57-58页 |
| ·Changing Learner Beliefs about Language Learning | 第58-59页 |
| ·Developing Proper Evaluation | 第59-61页 |
| ·Providing Comprehensible Input | 第61-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Conclusion of the Study | 第62-63页 |
| Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix I | 第65-69页 |
| Appendix II | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix III | 第71-77页 |
| References | 第77-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81页 |
