On Non-English Majors' Language Anxiety and its Implications for Oral English Teaching in Higher Vocational College

Many students ex perience language anxiety when they speak English in the class. Many scholars have investigated language anxiety for years, which means that this problem has attracted more and more attention. However, most of researches on language anxiety are carried on among university undergraduates while little research has been done about vocational college students. So, the purpose of this paper is to find out the causes of vocational college non-English majors’ language anxiety and explore some implications for teachers to help reducing students’ anxiety so as to improve their oral proficiency and ultimately enhance their English learning.