Exploring Foreign Language Anxiety in the Chinese EFL Classroom: A Case Study

This study aimed to examine the factors affecting foreign language anxiety (FLA) in Chinese tertiary EFL classrooms. adopted a descriptive case design involving 490 students from one public university China. Data were collected via self-reported questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The findings reported moderate level of FLA among students. Internal external affected student’s FLA, including performance anxiety, perceived lack proficiency, low motivation, relationship challenges, learning environment-related challenges. These implied universities should enhance physical pedagogical environment sustain quality teaching learning.