高职英语专业学生外语学习焦虑的实证研究

长期以来,焦虑对语言学习特别是外语学习的负面影响受到外语教学研究者的高度关注。本文以江门职业技术学院英语专业学生为研究对象,采用"英语学习焦虑量表"进行问卷调查,辅以深度采访,来调查高职院校英语专业学生英语学习焦虑的现状。结果表明:高职英语专业学生确实存在一定程度的英语学习焦虑,而男生英语学习焦虑略高于女生,教师的教学方法、学生的基础外语能力等均会影响外语学习焦虑的程度。

The negative impacts of learning anxiety on foreign language learners have gained more and more attention from foreign language educators and researchers for a long time. This paper chooses English major students in Jiangmen Polytechnic as subjects to investigate the situation of English learning anxiety in the higher vocational and technical colleges. The result shows that there does exist English learning anxiety among the English majors in the higher vocational and technical colleges, and the males have a slightly higher degree of anxiety than the females. The teaching method of the teachers and the students＇ language proficiency will affect the degree of English Learning anxiety.