This study explores the nature and anxiety of speaking English as a second language among
male and female Business Degree students in Industrial University of Selangor (Unisel),
Berjuntai Bestari, Selangor. This study attempts to identify potential sources of anxiety
relevant to the students’ affective needs or concerns in an institution of higher learning
through the use of an in-depth qualitative questionnaire. As the pre-administered
questionnaire findings indicate, the differences in the level of language anxiety exhibited by
the participants seem to vary by gender. Using various studies by previous researchers of
language anxiety as a theoretical guideline for data collection and analysis, this study also
discusses some of the influences or impact of anxiety-provoking factors on second language
learning, along with some implications for further research on language anxiety.