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Participants of the study were 145 Intermediate level students of different public colleges of Hyderabad, Sindh who are learning English as a foreign language. The data was collected through the modified form of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz et al., (1986) . Findings of this study reveal the causes of foreign language anxiety from the learners’perceptions such as communication apprehension was identified as the main cause of anxiety followed by the learners’ self-perceived proficiency, fear of being negatively evaluated and nervousness as other sources of anxiety. However, their motivational intensity is higher to learn English. Based on the findings ofthe study, many of the suggestions are recommended for language teacher however it is also considered that language anxiety is a multi-faceted and complicated in nature which needs further exploration.  \nKeywords: Perceptions, Pakistani language learners, EFL classroom  \n1. Introduction  \nIn past, the focus of research in discipline of foreign language teaching & learning has been restricted to teacher and teaching. It witnessed a significant shift to learner and learning with the rise of humanistic approach which witnessed the learner ’s feelings and emotions as an inevitable factor in language learning (Ormeci, 2013) . Among affective variables, the foreign language anxiety has been recognized as the most important factor influencing L2 learning success & many studies have been conducted to explore it since the 1970s. Oxford (1999) opined that language anxiety ranks high among factors influencing foreign language learning.  \nLearning English as a foreign language has always been a challenging for Pakistani students. 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It is expected that by recognizing anxiety provoking factors, Pakistani EFL teachers can help their learners to overcome them for effective language learning.  \n2. Literature Review  \n2. 1 Anxiety: Definition  \nAnxiety was restricted to psychological domain for long & th","cbCaihhm4UsPOywn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihhm4UsPOywn","pdf",263005,12,"English","# Abstract\n# 1. Introduction\n# 2. Literature Review\n## 2.1 Anxiety: Definition\n## 2.2 Types of Anxiety","[{\"question\":\"What research question does the study focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The study explores the causes and factors that make Pakistani EFL learners anxious, specifically from the learners’ perspective in the EFL classroom.\"},{\"question\":\"How was foreign language learning anxiety measured?\",\"answer\":\"Data were collected using a modified version of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) developed by Horwitz et al. 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