Investigating the effect of anxiety and motivation on EFL student’s speaking : A Case Study

الملخص

The study aimed at investigating the level of effect of Anxiety and Motivation on EFL Student’s speaking at the faculty of education of Tripoli university in Libya. In conducting this research, a quantitative method was used as a descriptive analysis. The participants of the study were 55 students who took the speaking course as part of their compulsory course majoring in English language. The data of were collected through two types of questionnaire. The results of the questionnaires revealed that the majority of the students experienced a high level of EFL speaking anxiety. The findings also showed that most students had a high level of motivation to learn English. Finally, depending on the findings of the study, some recommendations & suggestions were emphasized.