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To indicate the influence of age factor a questionnaire was distributed to the participants of the study. As well as correlation was also undertaken to the data collected to investigate the influence of age factor on public speaking anxiety. Results of the study showed that, there is a negative significant influence of age differences on public speaking anxiety of English Language Learners at Omar Al-Mukhtar University.  \nKeywords: Age, oral performance, English Language, speaking anxiety  \n1. Introduction  \nPublic speaking Anxiety is a type of shyness characterized by fear about communicating with people. Public speaking anxiety in foreign language learning derives from the personal knowledge that one will almost certainly have difficulty in speaking to others (Cubukcu, 2007) . According to McCroskey’s (1978) definition, Speaking Anxiety is an individual’s level of fear associated with either real or anticipated communication with other persons. Horwitz, Horwitz. Cope (1986) submit the construct of communication apprehension to their conceptualization of foreign language anxiety. They think interpersonal interactions are the major emphasis in the English class. Public Speaking Anxiety has been shown to have negative effects on learner achievement in interaction-oriented classrooms, such as the foreign language classroom Feigenbaum, (2007) . Thus, communication can have a debilitating effect on language learners, and can detrimentally contribute to the speaking anxiety from which students suffer.  \nIn a foreign language classroom, language learners’ oral tasks include not only learning a second language but also performing the language. A language classroom is an example of a situation where perceived evaluation could be very high (Feigenbaum, 2007) . In this type of setting, students feel that the teacher is judging them on every word they say, and teacher corrections may instigate this feeling of being judged Pica, (1987).Thus, the foreign language classroom may not only provoke speaking anxiety, but may also enhance communication apprehension.  \nOral communication consists of two components: listening and speaking (Chan & Wu, 2004) . Speaking is anxietyprovoking in foreign language. Young,(1986) find that most students are particularly anxious when they have to speak a foreign language in front of their class, Additionally Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope (1986, p.125) give a general definition of anxiety to be “the subjective feeling of tension, apprehension, nervousness, and worry associated with an arousal of the autonomic nervous system” . Public speaking anxiety, it is a problem for language learners. Foreign language learners usually have difficulty communicating with each other's.  \nOne factor to be considered in this study is the influence of age on public speaking anxiety. 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