| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第15-29页 |
| ·Different perspectives in anxiety research | 第16-19页 |
| ·Scovel's division of anxiety | 第16-17页 |
| ·Maclntyre and Gardner's classification of anxiety research | 第17-19页 |
| ·Trait anxiety | 第17-18页 |
| ·State anxiety | 第18页 |
| ·Situation specific anxiety | 第18-19页 |
| ·Scales for measuring anxiety | 第19-20页 |
| ·Language anxiety | 第20-21页 |
| ·Anxiety and other personal variables | 第21-29页 |
| ·Anxiety and gender | 第22-23页 |
| ·Anxiety and family background | 第23-24页 |
| ·Anxiety and attitudes | 第24-25页 |
| ·Anxiety and motivation | 第25-26页 |
| ·Anxiety and self-esteem | 第26-27页 |
| ·Anxiety and extroversion/introversion | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第29-32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29页 |
| ·Instruments | 第29-30页 |
| ·Procedure | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and discussion | 第32-59页 |
| ·Different levels of English language anxiety in the classroom | 第32-43页 |
| ·English anxiety levels of the whole class | 第32-33页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between males and females | 第33-35页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between students from different family backgrounds | 第35-38页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between students with different attitudes | 第38-39页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between students with different motivations | 第39-40页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between students with different self-esteem | 第40-41页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between extroverted and introverted students | 第41页 |
| ·Differences of English anxiety levels between high proficiency and low proficiency students | 第41-43页 |
| ·Case studies | 第43-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-59页 |
| ·Factors contributing to different anxiety levels | 第48-52页 |
| ·Potential sources of English anxiety | 第52-56页 |
| ·Consequences of English anxiety | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Major findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Implications and limitations | 第60-61页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第61-63页 |
| ·Suggestions for EFL instructors | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for educational administrators | 第62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Chinese college students | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-69页 |
| Appendix A | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix B | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix C | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix D | 第73-78页 |