Oral English Anxiety among Chinese College Students: Subjective/Objective Causes and Short-term/Long-term Impacts

Abstract

Oral English anxiety among Chinese college students has become a key issue affecting their language acquisition and practical communicative competence. On the basis of six core Chinese journal articles, which adopt methods such as questionnaire surveys, classroom observations, and literature reviews, this paper systematically analyzes the causes of such anxiety from both subjective and objective dimensions. Subjective factors include personality traits, learning motivation, and language proficiency, whereas objective factors encompass teaching models, evaluation systems, and cultural environments. Additionally, this paper explores the impact of anxiety on students' classroom performance, academic achievements, and long-term language development and proposes targeted mitigation strategies on the basis of relevant studies, aiming to provide references for improving the quality of oral English teaching.