Synopsis
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables
List of Figures
Introduction
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 anxiety
2.1.3 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 procedures
2.3.6 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
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