Causes of Beginners‘ Oral Anxiety and its Mitigation Strategies
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Oral English Anxiety; Causes; Measures.Abstract
Learners’ anxiety has drawn widespread attention in the field of foreign language teaching and learning. Among the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, speaking is considered the most anxiety-inducing skill for learners. This article explores the causes of oral English anxiety: a) learners’ fear of negative evaluation; b) poor English efficiency; c) a tense atmosphere for practicing oral English. The article also provides some measures to alleviate students’ oral anxiety, including a) providing positive feedback; b) Fully utilizing multimedia to achieve effective multimodal teaching and form effective classroom interaction; c) Adopting group cooperative learning to create a relaxed classroom atmosphere and create more opportunities for students to use language, hoping to provide some inspiration for foreign language teaching.
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