How Anxiety Affects Speaking Performance in Ielts Preparation Classes.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20992525Ключевые слова:
IELTS speaking, foreign language anxiety, oral performance, fluency, coherence, pronunciation, classroom assessment, feedback, communicative competence.Аннотация
This article examines how anxiety influences speaking performance in IELTS preparation classes. It focuses
on the psychological, linguistic, and classroom factors that reduce learners’ fluency, coherence, pronunciation control,
lexical variety, and grammatical accuracy during oral tasks. The study synthesizes theoretical perspectives on foreign
language anxiety and proposes a practical classroom diagnostic model for IELTS teachers. Special attention is given
to test-simulation pressure, fear of negative evaluation, time limitation, teacher feedback, and peer comparison. The
analysis shows that anxiety not only lowers confidence, but also narrows attention, slows lexical retrieval, increases
pauses, and weakens strategic communication. The article offers pedagogical recommendations for creating a supportive
IELTS speaking environment, including gradual exposure, structured feedback, peer rehearsal, self-reflection, and anxiety-
aware assessment.
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