The Causes of Chinese College Students' Anxiety in English Speaking Learning - A Case Study Based on the IELTS Speaking Test

For foreign language learners, speaking is considered to be the most anxiety-producing of the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In order to solve the problem of college students' speaking anxiety and promote their IELTS speaking learning, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with three IELTS test takers and explored the sources of Chinese college students' speaking anxiety, with a view to shedding light on IELTS speaking teaching.