Abstract 8-9 摘要 10-12 List of Abbreviations 12-15 Chapter One Introduction 15-20 1.1 Background of the Study 15-17 1.2 Purpose of the Study 17-18 1.3 Significance of the Study 18-19 1.4 Organization of the Thesis 19-20 Chapter Two Literature Review 20-39 2.1 Studies of Foreign Language Anxiety 20-31 2.1.1 Definitions of Anxiety and Foreign Language Anxiety 20-21 2.1.2 Classifications of Anxiety and Foreign Language Anxiety 21-25 2.1.2.1 Trait Anxiety,State Anxiety and Situation-specific Anxiety 22-23 2.1.2.2 Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating Anxiety 23-24 2.1.2.3 Input Anxiety,Processing Anxiety and Output Anxiety 24-25 2.1.3 Research on Foreign Language Anxiety 25-27 2.1.4 Potential Sources of Foreign Language Anxiety 27-29 2.1.5 Foreign Language Anxiety and Foreign Language Strategies 29-31 2.2 Studies of Foreign Language Listening Anxiety 31-37 2.2.1 Definition of Foreign Language Listening Anxiety 31-32 2.2.2 Potential Sources of Foreign Language Listening Anxiety 32-34 2.2.3 Previous Studies of Foreign Language Listening Anxiety 34-37 2.3 Summary 37-39 Chapter Three Methodology 39-49 3.1 Research Questions 39 3.2 Participants of the Study 39-41 3.3 Instruments 41-45 3.3.1 English Listening Proficiency Test 41-42 3.3.2 Background Information Questionnaire(BIQ) 42 3.3.3 English Listening Anxiety Scale(ELAS) 42-44 3.3.4 English Listening Strategies Scale(ELSS) 44 3.3.5 Interviews 44-45 3.4 Pilot Study and Reliability Analysis 45-46 3.5 Data Collection 46-47 3.6 Data Analysis 47-49 3.6.1 Processing Quantitative Data 47-48 3.6.2 Eliciting Qualitative Data 48-49 Chapter Four Results and Discussion 49-69 4.1 Subjects' ELAS Scores 49-52 4.2 Correlation between ELAS Scores and ELSS Scores 52-54 4.3 Correlation between ELAS Scores and Listening Test Scores 54-57 4.4 Difference between German Majors and Non-German Majors in ELAS Scores,ELSS Scores and Listening Test Scores 57-60 4.4.1 Difference in ELAS Scores 57-58 4.4.2 Difference in ELSS Scores 58-59 4.4.3 Difference in Listening Test Scores 59-60 4.5 Correlation between Gender and Other Variables 60-63 4.6 Potential Sources and Relevant Solutions of English Listening Anxiety 63-69 Chapter Five Implications and Conclusion 69-76 5.1 Major Findings of the Research 69-71 5.2 Pedagogical Implications 71-74 5.3 Limitations of the Study 74-75 5.4 Suggestions for Further Research 75-76 Refefences 76-83 Appendix Ⅰ 83-89 Appendix Ⅱ 89-90 Appendix Ⅲ 90-93 Appendix Ⅳ 93-96 Appendix Ⅴ 96-97 Acknowledgements 97-98 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 98 |