An Investigation on the Influence of Teachers' Feedback on Learners' Anxiety in English Classroom
With the results of the qualitative and quantitative researches, the author finds out that: Foreign language anxiety exists among Chinese English learners in the setting of classroom, varying in their anxiety degree. Teachers' questioning and feedback do cause anxiety to learners. Learners with high, moderate and low anxiety have different requirements to teachers' questioning and feedback. Results show that learners with high and moderate anxiety prefer referential questions for it is less anxiety provoking than display ones, while learners with low anxiety have negative attitude toward study. Teachers should be aware of the necessity of creating a non threatening and less anxiety provoking environment for the learners' English learning.