Measures to Reduce Foreign Language Beginners’ Communication Anxiety

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  • Qin Li

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i6.5146

Keywords:

Communication Anxiety; Foreign Language Beginners; Psychology and Language Aspects; Few Suggestions from Beginners and Teachers.

Abstract

Nowadays, communication anxiety has become a big barrier to hinder peoples’ foreign language learning and oral expression. This paper is intended to help foreign language beginners relieve communication anxiety by exploring the cause of foreign language beginners’ communication anxiety. The main body of this paper includes two parts. For one thing, it analyzes part of reasons for beginners’ communication anxiety from psychology and language aspects. For another, it provides a few suggestions from beginners and teachers.

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Published

2023-06-20

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How to Cite

Li, Q. (2023). Measures to Reduce Foreign Language Beginners’ Communication Anxiety. Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(6), 69-72. https://doi.org/10.54691/fhss.v3i6.5146