本文主要的目的有二： (1) 探討造成英語學習焦慮的可能原因；
(2) 釐清外語學習焦慮研究中最具爭議性的問題。希望藉達成以上二目的
後，能根據文獻及本研究結果，進一步提出減少英語學習焦慮的方法。本
研究包括七個實驗，實驗對象主要為新竹女中高一新生，另有三班新竹中
學男生參與。為配合各實驗的需要，採取的實驗方法各異，包括學生自我
報告、填寫焦慮量表、回答問題、做成就測驗、及觀察等，實驗結論如下
： (1) 在台灣，不論課題難易，低焦慮生表現永遠比高焦慮生好，與驅
動原理 (Drive Theory) 不符。原因可能是台灣學生十分注重考試，在遇
到簡易課題時，低焦慮生雖無對其有益的驅動，但完全的準備也能使其表
現比有有益驅動的高焦慮生好。 (2) 不同的教學法確能造成學生不同程
度的英語學習焦慮。此也為造成英語學習焦慮的主要影響。 (3) 低智商
、低英文性向的學生，能力較差，較易焦慮。 (4) 性別差異不會造成不
同程度的英語學習焦慮。 (5) 學生在聽、說、讀、寫四方面有不同程度
的焦慮；聽、說兩方面尤令其緊張。 (6) 英語學習焦慮與一般焦慮、測
驗焦慮及有害焦慮成正相關，與有益焦慮成負相關。 (7) 焦慮對學生有
兩方面的影響：一為有害，一為有益。前者確定對學生成績有負面影響，
後者卻不見得能提高學生成績。

The primary goals of the study are: first, to find out the
possible reasons for provoking English learning anxiety; then,
to clarify the most dubious and controversial issues in the
area of foreign language learning anxiety. The subjects were
the freshmen in Hsin-chu Girls' Senior High School and three
classes of senior one students in Hsin-chu Provincial Senior
High School. Owing to the individual needs of the experiments
in the thesis, different experimental methods were used,
including self-report, physiological measures, task performance
measures and observation. Based on the results of the
experiments, the researcher concluded that: (1) In an English
class, a more difficult task will certainly increase the
anxiety drive of the students and cause inappropriate
responses, which further affect students' performance. (2)
Different teaching methods do induce different amounts of ELA.
(3) The students who are less capable will get anxious more
easily. (4) In an English learning situation, sex distinction
makes no difference in anxiety. (5) Students experience
different amounts of ELA in all four skill areas. Listening and
speaking are particularly anxiety-provoking. (6) ELA are
positively correlated with MAS, TAS, and DAS, and there is a
negative correlation between FAS and ELA. (7) ELA also has
twofold influence, facilitating and debilitating, but the
facilitating influence does not have much help for students to
get better grades.
The primary goals of the study are: first, to find out the