非英语专业大学生英语学习焦虑多维度研究  

A multi-dimensional study on foreign language anxiety of non-English major college students in China

作　　者：郭燕[1] 徐锦芬[1] 

机构地区：[1]华中科技大学,湖北武汉430074

出　　处：《外语界》2014年第4期2-11,共10页Foreign Language World

基　　金：中央高校基本科研业务费资助项目"不同学习环境下学习者外语学习焦虑调控策略研究"(编号2012WQN017)的部分成果

摘　　要：本研究采用5份焦虑量表对华中地区一所部属高校457名非英语专业大学生的大学英语课堂和听、说、读、写4项技能学习共5个维度的焦虑进行了全面系统的调查。研究发现,学生总体和各维度焦虑均处于中等程度,焦虑值从高到低依次为课堂、口语、听力、写作与阅读焦虑,并且课堂焦虑显著高于阅读和写作焦虑,阅读焦虑显著低于其他4个维度。男、女学生在口语焦虑的低主动倾向因子上存在显著差异,在总体、5个维度以及各维度其他因子上的焦虑无显著差异。This paper reports an empirical study on foreign language anxiety of 457 non-English major college students in China from a multi-dimensional perspective. By using five questionnaires, namely the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale, the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory, the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale, the Foreign Language Speaking Allxiety Self-schema Questionnaire and the Foreign Language Listening Anxiety Scale, the study explored respectively the subjects＇ anxiety levels of the five dimensions of the foreign language anxiety construct, i.e. classroom anxiety, writing anxiety, reading anxiety, speaking anxiety and listening anxiety. It was found that the subjects experienced a medium level of anxiety in each dimension and on the whole. Among the five dimensions, the level of classroom anxiety was the highest and significantly higher than that of reading anxiety and writing anxiety. The level of reading anxiety was significantly lower than that of the other four dimensions. Apart from the significant difference in low initiative tendency of speaking anxiety, no other significant difference in anxiety was detected between the male and female subjects.

关 键 词：外语课堂焦虑 写作焦虑 阅读焦虑 口语焦虑 听力焦虑 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]