摘要：Stemming from the study on Intolerance of Ambiguity in psychological field, the study towards Tolerance of Ambiguity (TOA) has become a topic which more and more researchers take interest in. Great efforts have been made on the theoretical and practical development of this research focus from both the psychological field and the second / foreign language acquisition field. As the theoretical framework has been constructed so as to explore the connotation of TOA, a lot of empirical researches have been made either to find out the appropriate measurement instrument or to detect the correlation between TOA and other variables in both psychological and linguistic area. A thorough review of relevant researches about TOA will help us to be aware of the current tendencies as well as the potentials for further study in the future.
其他摘要：Stemming from the study on Intolerance of Ambiguity in psychological field, the study towards Tolerance of Ambiguity (TOA) has become a topic which more and more researchers take interest in. Great efforts have been made on the theoretical and practical development of this research focus from both the psychological field and the second / foreign language acquisition field. As the theoretical framework has been constructed so as to explore the connotation of TOA, a lot of empirical researches have been made either to find out the appropriate measurement instrument or to detect the correlation between TOA and other variables in both psychological and linguistic area. A thorough review of relevant researches about TOA will help us to be aware of the current tendencies as well as the potentials for further study in the future.
关键词：tolerance of ambiguity (TOA);second / foreign language learning;measurement of TOA
