An exploration of Chinese EFL learners' English-speaking anxiety in class

This paper reviews English Speaking Anxiety among Chinese EFL students. In the first part, it introduces the background of English-speaking anxiety and the significance of this article. In the second part, it discusses the definition of English anxiety from different aspects, the current situations of the study on English speaking anxiety, including the approaches of examining speaking anxiety, some current findings from other researchers, and the causes of English-speaking anxiety. In the third part, this article gives some implications for pedagogical from students and teachers’ aspect to cooperate with English-speaking anxiety.