语言焦虑对中学英语听力教学的影响及启示

论文摘要

近年来,二语习得中情感因素的研究逐渐引起学者们的关注。情感是指人类行为的情绪和感受方面,包括动机、态度、自尊、自信、焦虑、移情、自我形象等,其中焦虑是最重要因素之一。美国学者Krashen(1981)提出的情感过滤假说(The Affective Filter Hypothesis)将焦虑视为二语习得过程中的重要情感障碍,焦虑与二语习得的研究于是成为外语教学研究者们不懈探索和实践的一个活跃的课题领域。然而关于中学英语听力教学中语言焦虑问题的研究相对较少,甚至常常被忽略。本研究旨在探讨听力课堂焦虑存在的程度及其原因,借鉴二语习得理论,结合教学实际情况,总结尝试新的教学方法,创建一种低焦虑的课堂环境,使学生的听力水平得到提高。

论文目录

• Chinese Abstract
• Abstract
• Chinese Synopsis
• Introduction
• Chapter One Literature Review
• 1.1 Studies on Listening Comprehension
• 1.1.1 Definition of Listening Comprehension
• 1.1.2 Characteristics of Listening Comprehension
• 1.2 Definitions of Anxiety and Language Anxiety
• 1.2.1 Definition of Anxiety
• 1.2.2 Definition of Language Anxiety
• 1.3 Classification of Anxiety
• 1.3.1 State Anxiety or trait Anxiety
• 1.3.2 Debilitating Anxiety and Facilitating Anxiety
• 1.4 Correlates of Language Anxiety
• 1.4.1 Self-esteem
• 1.4.2 Tolerance of Ambiguity
• 1.4.3 Risk-taking
• 1.4.4 Competitiveness
• 1.4.5 Social Anxiety
• 1.4.6 Test Anxiety
• 1.4.7 Identity and Culture Shock
• 1.4.8 Beliefs
• 1.4.9 Classroom Activities and Methods
• 1.4.10 Introductory-learner Interactions
• 1.5 Impact of Language Anxiety on Foreign Language Learning
• 1.6 Current approaches to reduce anxiety
• 1.7 Aims of the Present Study:Three questions to Answer
• Chapter Two Management of Anxiety in Listening Class:a Survey
• 2.1 Subjects
• 2.2 Instruments
• 2.3 Procedures
• 2.3.1 Pre-test stage
• 2.3.2 Application of new teaching techniques to reduce anxiety
• 2.3.3 Post-test stage
• 2.3.4 Data comparison
• Chapter Three Discussion:Possible Answers to Three Questions
• 3.1 Major Reasons for Anxiety in Listening Class Summarized from the Experiment
• 3.1.1 Learner's reasons
• 3.1.2 Teacher's reasons
• 3.1.3 Environmental reasons
• 3.2 Possibility of Anxiety Management
• 3.2.1 Can anxiety in listening class be reduced?
• 3.2.2 To what degree can listening anxiety be reduced
• 3.3 Discussion on Details of the New Teaching Techniques involved
• Chapter Four Implication for Listening Teaching in Middle Schools
• 4.1 Current situation of Listening Teaching in China
• 4.2 Suggestions for Improvement
• 4.2.1 Syllabus design
• 4.2.2 Improvement of teachers'qualities
• 4.2.3.Cultivation of students'psychological quality
• Chapter Five An Experiment on the Effectiveness of New Teaching Methods to Reduce Anxiety
• 5.1 Subjects
• 5.2 Methods
• 5.3 Results and Analyses
• 5.4 Summary
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Acknowledgements