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Introduction
Chapter Ⅰ Anxiety and Language Learning: Review of the Relevant Literature
1.1 What is Anxiety and What is Language Anxiety
1.1.1 Anxiety
1.1.2 Language Anxiety
1.2 Classification of Anxiety
1.2.1 State Anxiety or Trait Anxiety
1.2.2 Debilitating Anxiety and Facilitating Anxiety
1.3 Correlates of Language Anxiety
1.3.1 Self-esteem
1.3.2 Tolerance of Ambiguity
1.3.3 Risk-taking
1.3.4 Competitiveness
1.3.5 Social Anxiety
1.3.6 Test Anxiety
1.3.7 Identity and Culture Shock
1.3.8 Beliefs
1.3.9 Classroom Activities and Methods
1.3.10 Introductory-leaner Interactions
1.4 Impact of Language Anxiety on Foreign Language Learning
Chapter Ⅱ Methodology
2.1 Background and Motivation
2.2 Purposes of the Study
2.3 The Research Subjects
2.4 Instruments
2.5 Procedure
2.5.1 Data Collection and Procedures
2.5.2 Data Analysis
Chapter Ⅲ Results and Discussion
3.1 Research results
3.1.1 Mean and Standard Deviation for the 33 FLCAS Questions by Group
3.1.2 Total anxiety Level with Regard to Gender
3.1.3 Total Anxiety Level with Regard to Grade
3.1.4 Descriptives of Communication Comprehension Anxiety
3.1.5 Descriptives of Fear of Negative Evaluation
3.1.6 Descriptives of General Feeling of Anxiety
3.2 The Follow-up Interview
3.2.1 The Interview Process
3.2.2The Findings of the Interview
3.3 Findings and Discussion of the Study
3.3.1 How is Anxiety Manifested in the Experiment Results
3.3.2 Sources of Language Anxiety in English Learning
Chapter Ⅳ Implications of the Present Study for Foreign Language Teaching
4.1 Suggestions for Alleviating Anxiety from the Students' Point of View
4.1.1 A Sense of Community
4.1.2 Pedagogical Practices and Classroom Environment
4.1.3 Role of Teacher
4.2 Teacher Interventions
4.3 Reducing Language Anxiety Using Cooperative Approaches
4.4 Methods to Reduce Fear of Public Speaking
4.5 Suggestions for Pedagogical Practice
Conclusion
Appendix
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgement
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