高职学生外语焦虑的实证研究

论文摘要

外语焦虑是与外语语境有关的畏惧或紧张的情绪。许多研究及教学实践表明外语焦虑在中国大学生中广泛存在。本论文旨在调查高等职业技术学院学生的外语焦虑特点,研究焦虑水平与学习成绩的相关性,及比较英语专业学生与非英语专业学生的焦虑水平差异。本研究的被试为广东女子职业技术学院的172名大二学生,采用的研究工具为外语焦虑量表及被试的大学英语四级成绩。研究结果表明,高职学生的外语焦虑指数较高（99.44）,担心负评价是影响焦虑的主要因素;英语专业学生与非英语专业学生的焦虑水平差异显著（T-value=-3.714,p＜.001）:外语焦虑与外语学习成绩显著负相关（r=-.679,P＜.001）。在实证研究的基础上,本论文给出了本研究对教学的启示,并针对本研究的局限性,提出了进一步研究的建议。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• LIST OF FIGURE
• LIST OF TABLES
• CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Research Purpose
• 1.3 Layout of the Thesis
• CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 Affective Filter Hypothesis
• 2.2 Foreign Language Anxiety
• 2.2.1 Definition of Anxiety
• 2.2.2 Definition of Language Anxiety
• 2.3 Classification of Anxiety
• 2.3.1 Trait Anxiety,State Anxiety and Situation Specific Anxiety
• 2.3.2 Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating Anxiety
• 2.4 Measurement of Anxiety
• 2.4.1 Measurement of Trait Anxiety and State Anxiety
• 2.4.2 Measurement of Situation Specific Anxiety
• 2.4.3 Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale（FLCAS）
• 2.5 Construct of Foreign Language Anxiety
• 2.5.1 Communication Apprehension
• 2.5.2 Test Anxiety
• 2.5.3 Fear of Negative Evaluation
• 2.6 Review on Previous Study Abroad and At Home
• 2.6.1 Early Stage
• 2.6.2 Researches after Establishment of FLCAS
• CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH
• 3.1 Research Design
• 3.2 Hypotheses and Research Questions
• 3.3 Instruments
• 3.3.1 Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale（FLCAS）
• 3.3.2 College English Test Band-4（CET-4）
• 3.4 Subjects
• 3.5 Data Analysis
• CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• 4.1 Reliability Analysis
• 4.1.1 The Reliability of the FLCAS
• 4.1.2 The Reliability of Components of the FLCAS
• 4.2 Foreign Language Anxiety Level reflected by the FLCAS
• 4.2.1 Descriptive Statistics of the Overall Anxiety
• 4.2.2 Comparison of Four Component Mean Scores of the FLCAS
• 4.3 Comparison Analysis between English Majors and Non-English Majors
• 4.3.1 Overall Anxiety Level Comparison
• 4.3.2 Comparison of Components of the FLCAS between English Majors and Non-English Majors
• 4.3.3 Comparison of Descriptive Statistics of Items of the FLCAS between English Majors and Non-English Majors
• 4.4 Relationship between the Foreign Language Anxiety and Language Learning Achievements
• 4.4.1 Descriptive Statistics for CET-4 Achievement
• 4.4.2 Relationship between Overall Anxiety and CET-4 Total Achievement
• 4.4.3 Comparison of Total Achievement among Different Levels of Anxiety
• 4.4.4 Comparison of the Overall Anxiety among Different Levels of Total Achievement
• 4.4.5 Relationship between Overall Anxiety and CET-4 Subsection Achievements
• CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION
• 5.1 Findings
• 5.2 Implications
• 5.2.1 In the Students' Perspective
• 5.2.2 In the Teachers' Perspective
• 5.3 Limitations
• 5.4 Suggestions
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX A