IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

CAUSES OF LEARNERS’ ENGLISH-SPEAKING ANXIETY: A LITERATURE REVIEW

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Lamessa Oli,Dr. M. Ramesh

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Most English as foreign language speaking students have fear of speaking in English in front of other students in the class or audiences. This fear develops Speaking anxiety. Speaking anxiety exists in English as a foreign language classroom since students do not participate actively in classroom discussion or speaking activities. Anxiety is one of the critical problems that hider learners from speaking in English in and outside the classroom. English-Speaking anxiety affects students’ academic performance and achievement. Even though Speaking skill has been taught starting from primary schools, most students develop speaking anxiety because of different reasons. The aim of the review is to indicate the various source of English-Speaking anxiety based on various settings and contexts that have been investigated by different researchers. This review of literature also explores the types of Speaking anxiety that most students experienced in the English classroom and suggests the actions to be taken to prevent students Speaking anxiety. Various researchers have suggested that English language teachers should use communicative language teaching approaches and plan participatory speaking exercises to eliminate students' English-Speaking Anxiety.

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