- Fear of speaking is the most reported fear in the United States.
- Evidence of the effect that anxiety has on language learning is mixed.
- Evidence does not support the idea that communication apprehension can be reduced through skills training alone.
- Communication apprehension also has negative effects in the workplace.
- Audiences made up of different types of people can trigger speech anxiety.
- Anxiety makes easier tasks easier and harder tasks harder
- Anxiety is a major obstacle to learning a foreign language
- Anxiety changes how students perceive the language
- Anxiety changes how students attempt to interact in the language
- Anxiety can result in careless errors during language production
- Anxiety can change students’ study habits