ABSTRACT
Horwitz and Young (1991) define anxiety as a combination of feelings including tension, fear, anxiouness
and apprehension that trigger the nervous system. They believe that anxiety would make it difficult for
certain people to achieve success especially in the learning of a foreign language. They categorized it as
specific anxiety reaction when the anxiety is restricted to the learning of a language. Psychologist used
the term specific anxiety reaction to differrentiate those who are suffering from anxiety in different
situation compared to those who are suffering from anxiety in a specific situation. Researchers like
Tobias (1978) and Mallow (1901) found that specific anxiety is related to anxiety situation, for example,
when talking an examination in academic subjects such as Mathematics and Science.