英语听力测试中的焦虑情绪及其解决策略

 Anxiety in English Listening Test and Its Resolving Strategies
Abstract

Anxiety refers to an emotional state of nervousness with fear arising when an individual’s self-respect and self-confidence are thwarted or sense of failure and compunction is increased on account of not achieving his/her desired aim or smoothing away the threat of the barriers.
The thesis reports the findings of a survey on students’ anxiety in English listening test. The survey is conducted among 41 seniors from the Department of Foreign Language and Literature of Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, the purpose of which is to find out the causes for anxiety in listening test, to attempt new teaching and learning techniques in light of second language acquisition theories and teaching conditions in China, and to help the students bring into full play their language potentials in a most favorable affective state so as to gradually improve their listening skills and abilities. After the survey and analysis, the thesis states series of causes for anxiety in English listening test. Aiming at different causes, resolving strategies are proposed accordingly.

Key Words: Listening anxiety; questionnaire survey; interview; source; strategy

摘  要

焦虑是1种紧张不安，带有恐惧感的情绪状态,是由于个人的自信心受到打击或者未能达到预期目标而产生的1种挫折感。而语言焦虑是语言学习过程中所特有的1种复杂心理现象，是学习者因语言学习过程的独特性而产生的1种与课堂语言学习相关的自我意识、信仰、感情以及行为的明显焦虑情绪。在英语听力学习过程中，焦虑所引发的听力障碍是1项颇具探讨价值的课题。本文从学生在英语听力考试中普遍存在的焦虑问题这1事实出发，通过对湖南理工学院外语系大441个学生的问卷调查和采访研究分析，提出了可能引起听力焦虑的各种不同原因，包括听力理解本身的特征，听力材料及听力任务的特征，社会和老师的因素以及自身的原因.探讨了在中国的英语听力教学中，老师应如何通过采用有效的教学理论和技巧让学生在最良好的心理状态中轻松面对听力考试，逐渐提高英语听力能力。

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