Foreign Language Learning Anxiety in China: Theories and Applications in English Language Teaching - Couverture rigide

He, Deyuan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9811076618 ISBN 13 : 9789811076619

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2018

Synopsis

Foreword About the AuthorAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsList of TablesList of FiguresIntroduction
Chapter 1 Framework for foreign language learning anxiety (FLLA)
1.1 FLLA research background
1.2 Conceptualizing FLLA
1.2.1 Anxiety
1.2.2 Language anxiety
1.2.3 Foreign language anxiety (FLA)
1.2.4 Foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA)
1.3 Current issues and emerging trends in researching FLLA

Chapter 2 History of and major developments in FLLA outside China
2.1 Anxiety and language learning: General theories
2.1.1 State anxiety vs. trait anxiety
2.1.2 General anxiety vs. specific anxiety2.1.3 Facilitating anxiety vs. debilitating anxiety
2.1.4 Unitary anxiety vs. Multidimensional anxiety
2.2 FLA and foreign language learning
2.2.1 Research on FLA and foreign language learning before 1980s
2.2.2 Research on FLA and foreign language learning in 1980s
2.2.3 Research on FLA and foreign language learning after 1980s
2.3 Sources of FLA
2.3.1 Personal and interpersonal anxieties
2.3.2 Learner beliefs about language learning
2.3.3 Instructor beliefs about language teaching
2.3.4 Instructor-learner interactions
2.3.5 Classroom procedures2.3.6 Language testing
2.3.7 Motivation
2.3.8 Cultural factors
2.3.9 Frequency of language use
2.3.10 Context of language acquisition
2.4 Strategies for FLA
2.4.1 Limited research on strategies coping with FLA
2.4.2 Effectiveness of coping strategies

Chapter 3 Developments in the field of FLLA in China
3.1 Overview of FLLA research in China
3.2 Status of English as a foreign language in China
3.3 Efficiency in English learning and influence of FLSA on English learners
3.4 Limited empirical research on FLSA in China

Chapter 4 Major reasons leading to FLSA
4.1 Reasons from questionnaire surveys
4.2 Reasons from interviews
4.3 Reasons from classroom observations

Chapter 5 Effective strategies coping with FLSA
5.1 Strategies from questionnaire surveys
5.2 Strategies from interviews
5.3 Strategies from classroom observations
5.4 Application and verification of the strategies

Chapter 6 FLLA: Present and prospects
6.1 Present situation of FLLA revisited
6.2 Implications for foreign language teaching in China
6.2.1 Theoretical implications
6.2.2 Methodological implications
6.2.3 Pedagogical implications
6.3 Future directions for FLLA research

Bibliography
Appendices
Index

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Deyuan He is now an Assistant Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He learnt and taught in mainland China and Hong Kong before relocating to Brunei. He was awarded various scholarships and awards, such as the Best Paper Award received in the 2010 International College Teaching and Learning Conference. His research interests include Second Language Acquisition, World Englishes, and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning. He has published his works in journals like TESOL Quarterly, Educational Studies, and World Englishes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9811076618
• ISBN 13: 9789811076619
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 241
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