高中生外语学习的焦虑成因分析及其对策研究.doc

摘 要 本文首先回顾了以往的关于语言焦虑的症状，并且设计了一套关于语言焦虑产生原因的实验。然后在高中中进行了课堂观察和问卷调查，根据实验的结果分析总结出了语言焦虑产生的两个主要部分原因：教师方面的原因，学生方面的原因。之后对特定的学生进行了交流，通过交流和之前的实验的结果进一步分析出了一套针对老师和学生两方面的解决策略。 关键词：语言焦虑；课堂观察；解决策略 ABSTRACT This paper first has a literature review on the symptoms of language anxiety, and designs a series of survey on the causing factors of language anxiety. It then has a survey based on classroom observations and questionnaires to the students. Based on the results of the survey, it sums up the two main causing factors of language anxiety after the analysis: the causes of foreign language teachers and the causes of foreign language learners. It finally has some interviews with some specially designated students. According to the interviews and the results of the survey, it sums up a series of strategies for alleviating language anxiety. Keywords：language anxiety; observations; strategies  Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Definition of Language Anxiety 3 2.1 Literature Review 3 2.2 Symptoms of Language Anxiety 3 3. A Survey Based on Classroom Observations 6 3.1 Observations of Classroom Teaching 6 3.2 A questionnaire to the students 8 3.3 Data Collection 8 3.4 Data Analysis 9 4. Potential Language Anxiety Causing Factors 15 4.1 The Causes of Foreign Language Teachers 15 4.2 The Causes of Foreign Language Learners 18 5 Some Strategies for Alleviating Language Anxiety 19 5.1 Some Strategies to Teachers 19 5.2 Some Strategies to Learners 22 6. Conclusion 25 Acknowledgements 26 References 27 AppendixⅠ 31 AppendixⅡ 32 1. Introduction Language anxiety is fear or apprehension occurring when a learner is expected to perform in the second or foreign language [15]176. This anxiety is linked directly to performing in the target language, so it is not a general performance anxiety. Language anxiety ranks high among factors influencing language learning, regardless of whether the setting is informal or formal [32]57 Intricately intertwined with self-esteem and inhabitation and risk-taking, the