5 3.69 5 12 3.20 14 19 3.36 10

6 3.31 12 13 3.41 8 20 3.79 3

7 3.17 15 14 2.13 20

     To further refine the relationship between foreign language anxiety and English scores, the writer pides the foreign language reading anxiety into three categories: FLRA1(item 6, 7, 8, 11), general reading anxiety is caused by new vocabulary and grammar; FLRA2(item 1, 3, 4, 5, 15, 17) is a kind of reading anxiety, aroused by learners’ lack of confidence and other emotional factors; FLRA3(item 2, 10, 19, 20) is another anxiety due to unfamiliar typefaces and cultural differences.文献综述

     The average score of 20 items of testers in FLRAS is 3.34. From the table, it can be seen the first anxiety comes from item 1 “When I am not sure whether I can understand what I am reading, I fell worried”. Moreover, students involved do have experienced high level of RA. And majority of subjects have high level of RA especially in the ten items: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 13, 18, 19, and 20.  

3.52 Descriptive statistics of 20 items in FLRAS

     When the examinees finished the questionnaires, scores of their real state of RA come into air. Theoretically, their scores range from 20--100. Among 95 students, their scores range from 46--87. Range reaches as big as 41. The mean of the scores is 66.86. From the table below, we can see most students’ scores are above the mean. It suggests that most students are experiencing high reading anxiety. And it vividly shows in table2 that the higher the scores, the more anxious the students become.

Table2

Scores in college entrance examination Score of anxiety

60-70 76,76,76,77,77,78,78,83,87,87

71-79 69,69,69,70,70,70,71,71,71,72,72,72,73,73,74,75,75,75,75

80-90 61,61,61,62,62,62,63,63,64,64,65,65,65,66,66,66,66,67,67,67,68,68

90-95 55,55,55,55,56,56,56,56,56,57，57,57,57，58,57,58,58,58,59,59

96-105 51,51,51,52,52,52,52,52,53,53,53,54,54,54

106-115 46,47,48,48,48,49,49,49,50,50

4. Reasons of English Reading Anxiety 

     Firstly, reading anxiety has much to do with students' pressure from schools and themselves. College entrance examination is the best opportunity for them to change their fate, and reading comprehension in English examination in the college entrance exam accounts for more than 40 points. And, cloze, essay writing and other questions are also related to reading ability. In a word, students’ English scores are decided by their reading ability. So, reading comprehension is very important, we should do whatever we can do to improve comprehension ability.