1. Academic Anxiety in Chinese Graduate Students: Causes and Implications
Ying Gu
MTI (Master of Translation and Interpretation) Student
Wuhan Institute of Technology, China

2. Outline 1. The importance of the proposed study
2. A summary of the literature
3. The Research Design

3. The Importance of the Proposed Study
PART 1
The Importance of the Proposed Study

4. The Importance of the Proposed Study
year
Enrollment
admissions
2015
1.649 millions
0.63 millions
2014
1.72 millions
0.57 millions
2013
1.76 millions
0.539 millions
2012
1.656 millions
0.517 millions
2010
1.40 millions
0.472 millions
2009
1.246 millions
0.415 millions
2008
1.20 millions
0.39 millions
2007
1.282 millions
0.364 millions
2006
1.271 millions
0.402 millions
2005
1.172 millions
0.324 millions
The number of graduate students
increases yearly in China.
From:

5. They are facing many challenges:
The Importance of the Proposed Study
They are facing many challenges:
Financial difficulty
Relationship crisis
Concerns about future employment

6. These challenges cause many problems.
The Importance of the Proposed Study
Such as
Academic Anxiety
Health problems
Mental illnesses
These challenges cause many problems.

7. PART 2
A Summary of the Literature

8. A Summary of the Literature
Secondly
Firstly
Lastly
Classroom anxiety is an important component of academic anxiety (AA).
Course assignments contribute to AA.
Thirdly
Building relationships causes AA.
Future employment worries lead to AA.

9. PART 3
The Research Design

10. The Research Design
Participants
All 200 first year graduate students from different colleges at a Chinese university.

11. The Research Design Instrumentation:
An academic anxiety questionnaire and focus group interviews.

12. The Research Design The Academic Anxiety Questionnaire:
First part: Demographic information about the graduate students.
Second part: twenty 5-point Likert scale statements about academic anxiety in the following four areas including classroom anxiety, assignment anxiety, relationship anxiety and future employment anxiety.
Focus Group Interviews

13. Thanks You!