English learning anxiety of students at faculty of arts and humanities Red Sea University

الملخص EN

Considered to be an important effective variable, anxiety has been found to be correlated with English-learning achievement among different groups of people in various contexts.

In order to explore English learning anxiety at students at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities- Red Sea University, this study surveyed and analyzed 74 students majoring in English.

The results indicated that students indeed had comparatively high anxiety in English learning.

Males have higher anxiety of English classes than females.

And it was also found that high anxiety plays a somewhat debilitative role in students’ language learning.

Finally, the possible causes leading to such findings were discussed.