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1、论文阅读与评价 Paper 1,文秋芳中国外语教育研究中心2008年7月,Breaking the code of silence: a study of teachers nonverbal decoding accuracy of foreign language anxiety,By Tammy Gregersen, University of Northern Iowa, USA,Research questions,1. To what extent do language teachers and trainees can detect the foreign language a
2、nxiety by decoding the nonverbal behavior according to their own criteria?,Research questions,2. Is nonverbal decoding accuracy of foreign language anxiety related to the observer variables of gender, years of teaching experience and life experiences inside or outside the USA?,Research questions,3.
3、By using the explicit criteria, can the decoding accuracy be improved?,Logical relations,First viewing Second viewing,Decoding Accuracy,Differences in Observers,Explicit Criteria,GenderTeaching experiencesLocal or not local students,Variables,Q 1: decoding accuracy,Justifications,65%-93% of social c
4、ommunication nonverbally,Nonverbal behaviorsmore accurately reflect true feelings,teachers ability of decoding nonverbal expressions of emotions: FLA,understanding nonverbal behaviors: important,Justifications,Empirical studiesby Gregersen (2005) and Burgoon & Koper (1984),The focus of the study,FLA
5、 results in negative consequences,No study on teachersability to accurately decode the nonverbal behaviors indicative of FLA,Research design and Procedures,Participants,7 Examinees 4 anxious and 3 non-anxious out of the 13 beginning French learners at a Midwestern universityGender: femaleAges: 18-26
6、 .,Selecting the seven students,Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) A 33-item self-report Likert type scale (strongly agree strongly disagree) to assess their degree of anxietyCategories of the items include: 1)Negative performance expectancies 2)Social comparisons 3)Psychophysiological symptoms 4)Avoidance behaviors,Scores on FLCAS,Participant scores Anx1 111 Anx2 99 Anx3 97 Anx4 94 Non-anx1 65Non anx2 65Non-anx3 51,Possible score ranges: 33-165The average score of the 13 participants is 78,