| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose of this study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第12-14页 |
| 2 Literature review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Previous research into learning anxiety abroad | 第14-18页 |
| ·Previous research into learning anxiety in China | 第18-19页 |
| 3 Rationale for this study | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theory of affective filter hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theory of L2 learning personality | 第20-21页 |
| 4 The present study | 第21-25页 |
| ·Research questions | 第21页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第21页 |
| ·Research subjects and procedure | 第21-22页 |
| ·The research results | 第22-25页 |
| 5 Discussoin | 第25-28页 |
| ·The differences between grades, genders in English learning results, levels of English learning anxiety for senior grade students in rural middle schools | 第25-27页 |
| ·The differences between grades, genders in English learning results, levels of English learning anxiety for junior grade students in rural middle schools | 第27页 |
| ·There are extremely significant differences between students with higher levels of anxiety and lower levels of anxiety in their English learning results in rural middle schools | 第27-28页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第28页 |
| 6 Implications | 第28-31页 |
| ·Implications for English teaching and learning in rural middle schools | 第28-29页 |
| ·Implications for teaching reform in rural middle schools | 第29-30页 |
| ·Further studies to be conducted | 第30-31页 |
| Bibliography | 第31-35页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第35-37页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第37-39页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第39-40页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第40-44页 |
| Appendix 5 | 第44-47页 |
