On the Influence of Anxiety on English Learning 英语专业毕业论文

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1、OntheInfluenceofAnxietyonEnglishLearningChapter1Introduction1.1ThesistopicLanguagelearningstrategiesandforeignlanguageanxietyhavelongbeentwohottopicsthathavereceivedconsiderableattentionfromagreatnumberofresearchers.Theresearchonlanguagelearningstrategiesstartedin1970s,andithasahisto

2、ryofmorethan30yearsuntilnow.Therearemainlyfivesubjects:1)thestrategiesusedbysuccessfullanguagelearners2)thedifferencesinlanguagelearningstrategiesusebetweensuccessfullearnersandunsuccessfullearners3)therelationshipbetweenlanguagelearningstrategiesandlanguagelearningachievement4)thefa

3、ctorswhichinfluencelanguagelearningstrategiesuse5)languagelearningstrategytraininganditseffectsonlanguagelearning.Languageexpertsandresearchersusedtopaymuchoftheirattentionstoforeignlanguagelearningfromtheteachers’perspective.Butwhentheyfindthatnotalloftheproblemsordifficultiesderive

4、fromteachers,theybegintoshifttheirattentiontolearners.Foreignlanguageanxietyisaveryimportantaffectivefactorofinfluencinglanguagelearningperformance.Thepaperaimstopresentwhatforeignlanguageanxietyisandwhatmeasurescanbetakentodealwiththeproblem.Basedonthestudyandinvestigationintowester

5、ntheoriesonlanguagelearninganxiety,thepresentarticlediscussestheeffectsoflanguageanxietyonlanguagelearning.Anxietyisoneoflearners’affectiveattitudesbesidesmotivation,empathy,self–esteem,self-image,etc.Mostresearchonanxietyhasshownthatanxietyplaysanimportantroleinsecondlanguageacquisi

6、tioneitherdirectlyorindirectly.Thereseemstobeabi-directionalnegativecorrelationbetweenhighdegreeofanxietyandlanguagelearningachievement.Inotherwords,highdegreeofanxietymayleadtopoorlinguisticperformancewhilethelearners’awarenessoftheirpoorlanguagecompetencemaybringaboutcertaindegreeo

7、fanxietywhichfurtherimpedestheirlanguagecognition.Macintyre(1995：90-99)hasindicatedthatforeignlanguageanxietyisweakestforchildrenandstrongestforadolescentsandadults.Thethreecomponentsofforeignlanguageanxietyexistindifferentenvironments:communicationapprehensioninnaturalenvironmentsou

8、tsidetheclas