perceptual learning style modality, aims at finding out whether there is a significant cor" />
Dissertation > Excellent graduate degree dissertation topics show

A Study on the Relationship between English Listening Anxiety and Perceptual Learning Styles of Senior High School Students

Author: XiaoJieXia
Tutor: ZuoChaoXian
School: Southwestern University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: language anxiety English listening anxiety perceptual learning style learning style
CLC: G633.41
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
Downloads: 324
Quote: 0
Read: Download Dissertation

Abstract


The present research, based on Krashen’s affective filter hypothesis and Reid’s learning style' dissertation">perceptual learning style modality, aims at finding out whether there is a significant correlation between Chinese senior high school students’ perceptual learning style preferences and English listening anxiety they had experienced. The study mainly focuses on four aspects: identifying the degree of listening anxiety the senior high school students had experienced and their perceptual learning style preferences; exploring the relationship between one’s perceptual learning style preferences and his/her listening anxiety; and finding out whether there is a predictive power of learners’ preferred perceptual learning style preferences for the degree of listening anxiety.The participants selected for the study are a whole class of 64 senior high school students in Grade One of Hongya Middle School. Translated versions of the following two questionnaires, Reid’s Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) and Kim’s Foreign Language Listening Anxiety Scale (FLLAS), are administered to assess students’ perceptual learning style preferences and listening anxiety. The data are typed into SPSS for data analysis. A series of data analysis methods is adopted in the study: Pearson Correlation is used to examine the strength of relationship between the two variables. Multiple regression analysis is adopted to determine the influence of learning style preferences on English listening anxiety.The result of the present study reveals that English listening anxiety is pervasive in senior high school students but it is not serious. There is a general tendency of the senior high school students’ learning style preferences towards the kinesthetic learning style. And then, it is followed by tactile, individual, group, auditory and visual learning styles. And there is a relationship between perceptual learning style preferences and listening anxiety. Specifically, there is a significant positive correlation between the scores of the visual learning style and listening anxiety, and a significant negative relationship between the auditory style, as well as the individual style, and listening anxiety. Moreover, the auditory style and individual style are found to have a negative influence on English listening anxiety. And it is also found that some students have more than one major learning style and some had no major style.The findings of the study contribute to both theoretic system and English teaching. The review of literature reveals that there is no study on the topic, so the research can open a new field of EFL researches. For teachers, it is suggested that they should notice the relationship between learners’ perceptual learning style preferences and listening anxiety, and help students to alleviate the anxiety by various ways such as extending their learning styles and using learning strategies etc.Further researches are also needed to explore the relationship between learning styles of other categories and language-skill-related anxiety. And the number of one’s major learning styles still needs more researches.

Related Dissertations

  1. An Investigation on English Learning-Styles of Senior Middle School Students in Rural Area,G633.41
  2. Learning Effects of Perceptual Learning Styles under the Implicit and Explicit Learning Conditions,G633.41
  3. The Impact of Dual Coding on Listening Comprehension of Different Perceptual Learning Style Students,H319
  4. A Study on the Correlation between English Listening Anxiety and Perceptual Learning Styles of Non-English Mjors,H319
  5. A Correlation Study between College Students’ English Learning Style and Autonomous Learning Ability,H319
  6. The Effect of Anxiety on College Students’ Oral Performance and Teacher’s Coping Strategies,H319
  7. The Learning Styles and Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies of First-year Vocational College English Majors,H319
  8. The Effect of Listening Strategy Training on College Students’ Listening Anxiety and Listening Proficiency,H319
  9. The Effects of Different Learning Style on the Development of Creative Imagery of 3-Grade Pupils,G622.0
  10. Scaffolding learning in Primary Mathematics Teaching,G623.5
  11. See the transformation of elementary school mathematics classroom teaching task-based learning,G623.5
  12. The Relationships between Global/Analytic Style, Listening Strategies and Listening Comprehension,H09
  13. Comparative Study on Chinese Textbook Used in Primary Schools of Pre and Post of the Curricula Reform (PEP Edition),G623.2
  14. On Anxiety-relieving Questioning Techniques in Junior Middle School English Classrooms,G633.41
  15. Alleviating Second Language Anxiety within Social Constructivist Model,G633.41
  16. The two teaching high school art appreciation mode applied research in the multimedia environment,G633.955
  17. A Present Study on School Learning Style Readiness of Minority Areas in Gansu,G759.2
  18. The origin and formation of the art historians thought Teng Gu the Intercourse,J209.2
  19. Junior Middle School Chemistry Experiment Adaptive Learning System Model to Study the Learning Style,G633.8
  20. The Influence of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety on Listening of Chinese College Non-English Majors,H319

CLC: > Culture, science,education, sports > Education > Secondary education > Subjects teaching methods, teaching aids > Foreign language > English
© 2012 www.DissertationTopic.Net  Mobile