通过对某高校191名非英语专业学生调查发现,大学英语学习者在使用英语进行交际时均有某种程度的焦虑感。学生的焦虑感与他们所感知的英语使用信心、英语学习动机和使用英语的愿望等因素呈负相关。这种焦虑感的产生主要是受学生英语水平和对所论及的话题熟悉程度限制等因素所致。在大学英语教学中应着力提高学生的英语水平,增强学生的学科知识,以降低他们在英语使用中的焦虑感。 A survey of 191 non-English majors in a university found that college English learners have a certain degree of anxiety when they use English to communicate. Anxiety of students was negatively correlated with perceived confidence in using English, motivation in English learning and the desire to use English. This feeling of anxiety is mainly due to the level of students’ English proficiency and familiarity with the topics discussed and other factors. In college English teaching, efforts should be made to improve students ’English proficiency and enhance students’ academic knowledge so as to reduce their anxiety in using English.