声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Baekground of the study
1.2 Purpose of the Current Study
1.3 Significance of the Current Study
1.4 Layout of the Current Research
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Tolerance of Ambiguity
2.1.1 Definition of Tolerance of Ambiguity
2.1.2 Tolerance of Ambiguity Measurement
2.1.3 Tolerance of Ambiguity and Language Learning Strategy Use
2.1.4 Correlation with the Four Language Learning Skills in Second Language Acquisition
2.1.5 Further Implications of Tolerance of Ambiguity Research
2.2 Learned Helplessness
2.2.1 Definition of Learned Helplessness
2.2.2 Psychological Peculiarity of Learned Helplessness
2.2.3 The causes of Learned Helplessness
2.2.4 Measurement of Learned Helplessness
2.2.5 Learned HelFIlessness in Academic Domain
2.3 The Empirical Theory Basis for the Combination of Learned Helplessness and Ambiguity Tolerance
Chapter Three The Present Research
3.1 Research Questions and Purposes
3.2 Participants
3.3 Instruments
3.3.1 Second Language Tolerance ofAmbiguity Scale
3.3.2 Learned Helplessness Scale
3.3.3 Students’ interview
3.3.4 Engfish Proficiency Test
3.4 Procedures
3.4.1 Data Collection
3.4.2 Data Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Students’ Overall Tendency of Tolerance of Ambiguity
4.2 Students’ Overall Tendency of Learned Helplessness
4.3 Differences of Learned Helplessness Between the Three Levels of Ambiguity Tolerance
4.4 Mediating Effects of Learned Helplessness in the Relationship between Tolerance of Ambiguity and English Achievement
Chapter Five The Conclusion
5.1 A Summary of the Findings
5.2 Implications of the Present Research
5.3 Limitations of the Research
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Bibliography