外语学习中的焦虑--毕业论文.docVIP

【标题】 外语学习中的焦虑 【作者】赖姝廷 【关键词】 外语学习；焦虑；语言焦虑；建议 【指导老师】李天梅 【专业】英语 【正文】 l. l ntroducti on Many researchers had wit nessed a lot of occasi ons on which stude nts have suffered from Ian guage an xiety: some stude nts are so frighte ned in class that they choose to run away; some have a great difficulty in understanding what the teacher is say ing eve n if there are no new words; some low their heads and avoid con tact ing the teacher s eyes in fear of being asked questions; some students keep being volunteers while others choose to keep silent all the time in class. English teachers are also quite familiar to such statements as “ I just know I have some kind of disability: I can t lear n a foreig n Ian guage no matter how hard I try ”； “ Whe n I m in my English class I just freeze! I can t think of a thing when my teacher calls on me. My mind goes blank ” . Manypeople claim to have a mental block against learning a foreig n Ian guage, though they may be good lear ners in other situati ons. Early in the 1940s and 1950s, teachers and researchers in Europe and America bega n to attach great importa nee to an xiety and it became focus of the research and practice of educati onal psychology. Some perspectives have bee n in vestigated in a nu mber of differe nt areas: State An xiety or Trait An xiety, Debilitat ing An xiety and Facilitati ng An xiety. Just as an xiety preve nts some people from perform ing successfully in scie nee or mathematics, many people find foreign Ianguage learning, especially in classroom situati ons, particularly stressful. Second or foreig n Ian guage researchers and theorists have long bee n aware that an xiety is ofte n associated with Ian guage lear ning. In China, quite a lot of teachers and researchers also attach great importanee to the effects of foreign Ianguage an xiety. An xiety has n egative effect on achieveme nt of stude nts, the n how should it be avoided or alleviated in En glish teach ing? The avoida nee or reduct ion of an xiety is vit