Abstract:
During the process of learning English as a foreign language, students face a problem
called” anxiety”. The purpose of this study is to identify the main causes behind anxiety,
clarify the impact of anxiety on students' performance, and provide teachers and learners with
certain strategies that either help students cope with language anxiety or will be beneficial to
improve their speaking. To reach these objectives, a case study research was conducted at El
Bachir El Ibrahimi university (Bordj Bou Arreridj) relying on several sources and research
instruments for data collection. A questionnaire was designed for a sample of 80 students with
second-year bachelor. The findings of this study have shown that the majority of learners
experienced a certain level of language anxiety. The results prove the hypothesis, which states
that when second-year students are aware of their anxiety and have techniques and strategies,
they will cope with anxiety and we conclude our research study by giving some
recommendations to students, teachers, and the administration
