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1、非英语专业大学生英语听力焦虑与听力学习策略研究摘要:尽管有关语言学习焦虑和语言学习策略的研究非常丰富,有关于这两个因素相互关系的研究却比较少。本研究旨在探索英语听力理解焦虑和听力学习策略之间的相互关系。具体的研究问题主要包括:英语听力焦虑与听力学习策略的使用是否存在显著相关性;处于低、中、高三种焦虑水平的学生在使用听力学习策略方面是否存在显著差异。研究结果表明:学生的听力焦虑水平与听力学习策略的使用呈显著负相关,而且不同焦虑水平的学生在其中13个策略的使用方面存在显著差异。本研究的重要启示是英语老师在帮助学生
2、降低英语听力焦虑时应该考虑听力学习策略与听力焦虑呈显著负相关。教学生掌握并使用一定的听力策略应该能帮助学生减少听力焦虑。关键词:听力理解,听力理解焦虑,学习策略StudyonEnglishListeningComprehensionAnxietyandListeningLearningStrategiesofNon-EnglishMajorsAbstract:Despitetherichresearchesonbothlanguagelearninganxietyanduseoflearningstrateg
3、iesbyforeignlanguagelearners,studiesconcerningtherelationshipbetweenthetwofactorsarerelativelyscarce.Thisstudytookastepinthedirectionofexamininglisteningcomprehensionanxietyexperiencedbynon-Englishmajors.Itwasfocusedonthreemajoraspects:exploringtherelations
4、hipbetweenEnglishlisteninganxietyanduseoflisteninglearningstrategies;comparingthedifferencesintheuseofstrategycategoriesacrossthelow,medium,andhighanxietylevels.Theresultsofthepresentstudyrevealedthatlearners’listeningcomprehensionanxietywasratherpervasivea
5、ndithadasignificantnegativecorrelationwithuseoflearningstrategies.Significantdifferencesexistedintheuseof13individualstrategyitemsamongthethreeanxietylevels.ItwasexpectedthatteachersofEnglishinChinawouldtakeintoaccountthenegativecorrelationbetweenlisteninga
6、nxietyanduseoflisteninglearningstrategies,whilecontrivingtohelpEnglishlearnersdiminishanxiety.Keywords:listeningcomprehension,listeningcomprehensionanxiety,learningstrategies1.IntroductionClassroomactivitiessuchasspeakingandlisteningprovetobemostanxiety-pro
7、vokingandproblematicforforeignlanguagelearners(Horwitz,Horwitz,&Cope,1986).Actually,inalargebodyofresearchesspeakingisoftencitedasthemostanxiety-producingskillinforeignlanguageclassroom(Daly,1991;Horwitz,Horwitz,&Cope,1986;Koch&Terrell,1991;Young,1990,1992)
8、.Atthesametime,theredoexistsomeresearcherswhodescribelisteningcomprehensionasanxiety-provokingforforeignlanguagelearners(Scarcella&Oxford,1992;Vogely,1998;VonWorde,2004).AccordingtothestudydonebyScarce