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Foreign Language Anxiety In The Case of Chinese College Students
of English
Outline
Chapter I
1. Literature Review
a. theories of Anxiety
b. Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope’s construct of language anxiety
Chapter II
1. method
2. procedures
3. results
Chapter III
1. discussion
2. pedagogical implication
3. conclusion
Abstract:
Foreign language anxiety, as a complex psychological construct,
and its potential for significant interference with language
learning and production have been recognized by many foreign
language educators. The purpose of this study was to investigate
the foreign language anxiety in Chinese college classroom
by testing the reliability of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
Scale (FLCAS), gender differences and the relationship of
students’ anxiety levels to their performance in their English
classroom. Participants were eighty-one students learning
English in their first year in college. Participants were
given the FLCAS, and their final scores were collected. SPSS
II was used to analyze the data, and eight different factors
were found related to the anxiety levels. The study also found
the test anxiety was not an important component of foreign
language anxiety.
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