With the development of society, people start to put more emphasis on the ability of language and speaking. Anxiety, as one ofthe important affective variables that influence the effective of public speaking has attra...With the development of society, people start to put more emphasis on the ability of language and speaking. Anxiety, as one ofthe important affective variables that influence the effective of public speaking has attract the attention of many scholars. Previous re-search has indicated that in some cultures, public speaking anxiety in a second language is much higher than peaking in a native lan-guage, but little research has been done in China. Through an empirical research in a high school, this research tries to figure out theoverall situation of high school students foreign language anxiety level, compare students' anxiety of the public speaking in Chinese andin English, and find the relationship between public speaking anxiety and foreign language anxiety, so as to provide suggestions for im-proving the design of high school English class and college English speaking courses, and give some implications for public speakingtrainings.展开更多
Introduction With the rapid growth in international communication, English is becoming more and more important. The urgent task for English teachers, is to apply knowledge gained from educational psychology research t...Introduction With the rapid growth in international communication, English is becoming more and more important. The urgent task for English teachers, is to apply knowledge gained from educational psychology research to make teaching more efficient. For this purpose, anxiety, an important psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning, is discussed in this article. First anxiety will be defined to build up a clear concept of its origin and its nature. Then its effect on foreign language learning will be analysed. A few suggestions for teachers will be presented at the end.展开更多
Higher vocational college students are suffering more foreign language anxiety in their English learning.Based on this status quo,the writer poses some pedagogical implication from the perspectives of how to create de...Higher vocational college students are suffering more foreign language anxiety in their English learning.Based on this status quo,the writer poses some pedagogical implication from the perspectives of how to create delightful class atmosphere and reduce students' foreign language anxiety.It is hoped that the findings will help students more effectively learn foreign language.展开更多
文摘With the development of society, people start to put more emphasis on the ability of language and speaking. Anxiety, as one ofthe important affective variables that influence the effective of public speaking has attract the attention of many scholars. Previous re-search has indicated that in some cultures, public speaking anxiety in a second language is much higher than peaking in a native lan-guage, but little research has been done in China. Through an empirical research in a high school, this research tries to figure out theoverall situation of high school students foreign language anxiety level, compare students' anxiety of the public speaking in Chinese andin English, and find the relationship between public speaking anxiety and foreign language anxiety, so as to provide suggestions for im-proving the design of high school English class and college English speaking courses, and give some implications for public speakingtrainings.
文摘Introduction With the rapid growth in international communication, English is becoming more and more important. The urgent task for English teachers, is to apply knowledge gained from educational psychology research to make teaching more efficient. For this purpose, anxiety, an important psychological phenomenon in foreign language learning, is discussed in this article. First anxiety will be defined to build up a clear concept of its origin and its nature. Then its effect on foreign language learning will be analysed. A few suggestions for teachers will be presented at the end.
文摘Higher vocational college students are suffering more foreign language anxiety in their English learning.Based on this status quo,the writer poses some pedagogical implication from the perspectives of how to create delightful class atmosphere and reduce students' foreign language anxiety.It is hoped that the findings will help students more effectively learn foreign language.
