A Study of English Majors' Speaking Anxiety and Influencing Factors

English anxiety plays a key emotional role in English learning, and this study examines English majors' speaking anxiety and influencing factors. Through questionnaire surveys of 76 sophomore English majors using the English Anxiety Scale and the English-Speaking Anxiety Influencing Factors Scale, the study finds that English majors generally have a moderate level of English anxiety, with language skill anxiety being the most significant, followed by test anxiety and negative evaluation anxiety. The study also examines the factors affecting speaking anxiety, and the results shows that learner factors as internal influences are the most significant factors affecting speaking anxiety, while other factors, peer factors, and teacher factors are external and have relatively little effect on English speaking anxiety. The results of this study contribute to an in-depth understanding of English-speaking anxiety among English majors and its influencing factors. This is an important reference for the development of targeted teaching strategies and student support.