The impact of the flipped classroom on alleviating EFL students’ speaking anxiety 

Ji Fei

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Abstract：In recent years, the flipped classroom is very popular in some cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing. It is a method that improves students' learning ability. In the field of English, flipped classroom is beneficial to EFL students’ oral skills,especially to those who have speaking anxiety when they are speaking English. This thesis takes the eleventh-grade students of senior high school in Nanjing City as the research participants, and takes the reading section in Unit 1, Book 2 from Yilin Press as example to apply the flipped classroom method, which combines teaching and learning together, encouraging students to speak more frequently in class and alleviate the speaking anxiety.

In this study, empirical research methods are adapted such as classroom observations, questionnaires, and action research to investigate the influence of the flipped classroom on speaking anxiety. The study reveals that the flipped classroom can alleviate students’ speaking anxiety and build their confidence in speaking English. After observing and analyzing high school students’ performance in class and their improvement in oral tests grades, teachers are able to adjust the content dynamically in class and alleviate students’ speaking anxiety in a targeted manner.

Keywords:flipped classroom; speaking anxiety; reading teaching; Senior English

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