Second language (L2) researchers have long acknowledged the role of language anxiety in communication processes, such that learners with greater language anxiety tend to be less willing to engage in communication. However, little research has explored links between L2 speakers’ perceptions of conversation and dynamic measures of anxiety. Therefore, this study measured 60 L2 English speakers’ galvanic skin response (a physiological index of anxiety) during conversation. After the conversation, speakers evaluated themselves and their partner in terms of speech fluency and comprehensibility, engagement, and anxiety, and responded to trait-anxiety and social network questionnaires. Correlational analyses explored relationships between speakers’ trait-anxiety, social network characteristics, self- and peer-perceptions and five levels of physiological response during conversation. Findings revealed that high arousal during interaction was related to speakers’ negative self-perceptions of speech fluency and negative perceptions of their partner’s engagement. Implications are discussed regarding state-anxiety as triggered by partner- or task-specific experiences.

第二语言（L2）研究人员很早就认识到语言焦虑在沟通过程中的作用，因此语言焦虑较大的学习者往往不太愿意参与沟通。然而，很少有研究探讨第二语言使用者的对话感知与动态焦虑测量之间的联系。因此，本研究测量了 60 名二语英语使用者在对话过程中的皮肤电反应（焦虑的生理指标）。对话结束后，演讲者从言语流畅性和可理解性、参与度和焦虑方面评估自己和伴侣，并回答特质焦虑和社交网络问卷。相关分析探讨了对话期间说话者的特质焦虑、社交网络特征、自我和同伴感知以及五个层次的生理反应之间的关系。研究结果显示，互动过程中的高兴奋度与演讲者对言语流畅性的负面自我认知以及对伴侣参与度的负面认知有关。讨论了由合作伙伴或特定任务经历引发的状态焦虑的影响。