焦虑被许多的语言学家认为是最妨碍英语学习的情感因素。诸多的研究以及教学实践表明:焦虑对英语听、说、读、写、译五项技能的学习均有影响,而对说的影响最大。自我评估低的高职学生在英语口语方面更容易产生焦虑感,在口语表达上主要体现在:语言缺乏准确性和流利性。本文分析了焦虑对学生口语的影响,探讨了导致高职生焦虑的原因并提出了相应的应对策略。 Anxiety is considered by many linguists to be the most emotional factor that hinders English learning. Many researches and teaching practices have shown that anxiety has an impact on English listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating skills, and has the greatest impact on the discussion. Students with low self-evaluation are more likely to have anxious feelings in spoken English, and they are mainly reflected in the oral expression: lack of accuracy and fluency in language. This paper analyzes the influence of anxiety on students’ oral English, discusses the causes of anxiety for vocational students, and proposes corresponding coping strategies.