焦虑情绪对英语听力的影响

The Influence of Anxiety on English Listening

本项研究采用问卷调查和师生访谈两种方式,通过定量和定性分析方法,对180名非英语专业大学生进行了听力焦虑调查。焦虑情绪与英语听力成绩之间的相关性分析结果显示这两个变量在一定情景下有一定相关性。焦虑与听力理解既有负作用也有促进作用。学习者的促进性焦虑与听力成绩正相关而障碍性焦虑与听力成绩负相关。这一结果对全面认识焦虑情绪在二语习得中的作用有一定启示意义。

This study adopts two instruments including questionnaire and interview for a survey on listening anxiety with 180 university students. The results show that there exists a certain correlation between listening anxiety and listening proficiency. The two aspects of anxiety--facilitating anxiety and debilitating anxiety are significantly correlated. Facilitating anxiety and listening proficiency are positively correlated, and debilitating anxiety and listening proficiency are negatively related. Statistics analysis also shows an influence of learners＇ background factors on listening proficiency and a certain correlation with listening anxiety. The findings of this study will make contributions not only to the theoretical studies of second language acquisition, especially to the foreign language anxiety research, but also to the practical instructions of listening teaching and learning.