| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of abbreviation | 第8-9页 |
| List of figures | 第9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purposes of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第18-47页 |
| ·Affective factors, L2 learning and performance | 第18-25页 |
| ·Research on affective factors | 第18-19页 |
| ·Affective factors defined | 第19-20页 |
| ·Affective factors, L2 learning and performance | 第20-21页 |
| ·Major affective factors and their relation with L2 learning and performance | 第21-25页 |
| ·Anxiety | 第21-23页 |
| ·Motivation | 第23-25页 |
| ·Communication in L2, SLA and WTC | 第25-28页 |
| ·Communication defined | 第25-26页 |
| ·Communication as output and SLA | 第26-27页 |
| ·Communication, SLA and WTC | 第27-28页 |
| ·WTC models | 第28-36页 |
| ·Foundations of the WTC construct | 第28-29页 |
| ·Willingness to communicate in L2 defined | 第29-30页 |
| ·Evolution of the models on WTC in L2 | 第30-36页 |
| ·Portion of MacIntyre's (1994) WTC Model | 第30-31页 |
| ·Maclntyre and Charos'(1996)Model of L2 willingness to Communicate | 第31-33页 |
| ·MacIntyre, Clément, Do|¨rnyei, & Noels's heuristic model of WTC in L2 | 第33-35页 |
| ·Measures used to assess learners' Willingness to communicate | 第35-36页 |
| ·Affective factors related with WTC to be studied in the present research | 第36-44页 |
| ·Communication apprehension in L2 learning | 第36-39页 |
| ·Communication apprehension | 第36-37页 |
| ·Foreign Language anxiety inL2 classroom | 第37-38页 |
| ·Conceptualization of Foreign language communication anxiety in the present study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Self-perceived L2 communication competence(SPCC) | 第39-41页 |
| ·Communication skills and SPCC | 第39-40页 |
| ·Self-esteem and SPCC | 第40-41页 |
| ·Anxiety and SPCC | 第41页 |
| ·Conceptualization and assessment of self-perceived L2 communication competence in the present study | 第41页 |
| ·L2 learning Motivation | 第41-44页 |
| ·L2 learning motivation defined | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research on motivation by Gardner and his associates | 第43页 |
| ·Conceptualization of L2 learning motivation in the present study | 第43-44页 |
| ·The self-report measures | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter three Theoretical framework of the present study | 第47-52页 |
| ·Overview | 第47页 |
| ·A tentative framework of the present study | 第47-49页 |
| ·Operational definition of the major variables | 第49-50页 |
| ·Hypotheses to be tested | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Four Research methodology | 第52-59页 |
| ·Overview | 第52页 |
| ·Pilot study 1 | 第52-53页 |
| ·Pilot study 2 | 第53-54页 |
| ·Materials | 第54-57页 |
| ·Communication variables | 第54-55页 |
| ·Language anxiety in English | 第55-57页 |
| ·The present study | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Result and Discussion | 第59-66页 |
| ·Result | 第59-63页 |
| ·Discussion | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for language teaching | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implication | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第68-70页 |
| Reference | 第70-79页 |
| Appendix A | 第79-83页 |