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Nowadays, learning a foreign language is very important, especially English; it becomes one of the most important languages for people to communicate in the global. Students are required to be able to use this language well to meet the requirements and expectations of both institutions and society. However, it is not really easy for all of them to communicate English fluently after graduation. The aim of this study is to investigate the levels of foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA) and find out the factors causing FLSA in English classrooms at Yersin University of Dalat, Vietnam (Henceforth called YUD). The study employed quantitative and qualitative research design. 5 English teachers and 200 non-English majored students of YUD participated in the study. The instruments used for data collection were the questionnaire and the semi-structured interview. For analyzing the collected data, content analysis and descriptive statistics were used. The findings of the study revealed that students experienced a high level of FLSA and six major factors that caused FLSA were teachers’ manner, lack of language knowledge, lack of confidence, preparation, and feeling of shyness, fear of negative attitudes, inability to express idea factor, and fear of making mistakes.
