The Influences of EFL Graduate Students' Gender, Major and English Proficiency on FLA

摘要

This paper aims to study non-English Major EFL graduate students' foreign language anxiety and the differences of foreign language anxiety related to different gender, major and English proficiency in Northwest China. By using questionnaire, this study investigated 313 non-English major EFL graduate students at Shaanxi Normal University. The results found that: at least two-thirds of non-English major graduate students in English classes experience a moderate to high degree of foreign language anxiety; there is no significant difference of foreign language anxiety related to gender; a significant difference of foreign language anxiety exists between liberal arts and science students and liberal arts students' anxiety level is slightly higher than that of science students; English proficiency levels have significant influence on graduate students' foreign language anxiety.