Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol 2, No 7 (2012), 1520-1525, Jul 2012
doi:10.4304/tpls.2.7.1520-1525

Study on Correlation of Foreign Language Anxiety and English Reading Anxiety

Qian Huang

Abstract


This paper firstly gives the definition of anxiety and its classification and then states the sources of foreign language anxiety. Research has made on the correlation between foreign language anxiety and reading anxiety, which shows Chinese students are bothered by reading anxiety coming from their lack of background knowledge and psychological factors such as anxiety, fear, bad reading habit and low interest in foreign language, etc. According to the above discussion, the paper gives the four strategies to help the students overcome reading anxiety, promoting students reading efficiency and we English teacher also can get teaching implication on this issue.


Keywords


foreign language anxiety; English reading anxiety; correlation

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