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.
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
