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English Speaking Anxiety in Chinese International High School Students
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Abstract
Speaking anxiety has a wide range of effects on students, notably speaking anxiety in a foreign language, which has a negative impact on students' foreign language learning, but there are fewer investigations on speaking anxiety among Chinese international high school students. This study was completed by the “Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS)”. A survey of students in an international high school in Hubei Province found that students had moderate speaking anxiety, there is no significant correlation be-tween gender and speaking anxiety, not having enough time to reflect before speaking in English and lack of vocabulary are the main causes of speaking anxiety. The article offers recommendations on the causes of speaking anxiety for students, teachers, and school.
Keywords
English speaking anxiety, international high school, gender, insufficient thinking time, vocabulary
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Xiang,X. (2023). English Speaking Anxiety in Chinese International High School Students. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,9,1-6.
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