焦虑是一个心理学领域的概念。自上世纪 60 年代,语言研究者们开始注意到焦虑和外语学习之间的关系。之后,越来越多的语言学研究者们对这个研究方向产生了兴趣。本文旨在向语言研究者及外语教学者们展现关于外语学习焦虑的概貌,为相关领域的实证研究提供理论参考。 Anxiety is a concept in the field of psychology. Since the 1960s, language researchers began to notice the relationship between anxiety and foreign language learning. After that, more and more linguistic researchers are interested in this research direction. The purpose of this paper is to show linguistic researchers and foreign language teachers an overview of the anxiety of foreign language learning and to provide a theoretical reference for empirical research in related fields.