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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research.
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 The Overall Structure of the Study
2 Theoretical Framewprk
2.1 Concept of Foreign Language Anxiety
2.2 Types of Anxiety.
2.2.1 Facilitating Anxiety and Debilitating Anxiety
2.2.2 Trait Anxiety, State Anxiety and Situation specific Anxiety
2.3 Three components of language anxiety(Horwitz et al's theory)
2.4 Krashen's Input Hypothesis
2.5 Krashen's Affective Filter Hypothesis
2.6 Instruments for Measuring Foreign Language Anxiety
2.6.1 Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale(FLCAS)
2.6.2 Co mponent Divisions of FLCAS
3 Literature Review
3.1 Relevant Studies Abroad
3.2 Relevant Studies at Home
3.3 Relevant Studies on Oral Performance and Anxiety of Foreign Language
4 Design of the Research
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Participants
4.3 Research Instruments
4.3.1 FLCAS
4.3.2 Semi-Structured Email Interview
4.3.3 Oral Test Scores
4.4 Data Collecting
4.4.1 F LCAS Data Collecting
4.4.2 Semi-Structured Email Interview
4.5 Results and Findings from FLCAS
4.5.1 The General Tendency of FLCAS
4.5.2 Anxiety Levels between Different Grades
4.5.3 Four Components of FLCAS
4.5.4 Correlations of English Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and Oral Achievements
4.6 Analysis of the Semi-Structured EmailInterview
5 Conclusions
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Limitations of the Present Study
5.3 Suggestions for Teachers
5.4 Suggestions for Students
References
Appendix A
Appendix B Semi-strured Email Interview Outline
List of Abbreviations
