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Anxiety is seen as one of the major factors which blocks the improvement of speaking skill in “second language learning”. In the study , the anxieties that block the speaking skill’s improvement have been aimed to be revealed with a survey that has been carried out among the high-school freshmen which study in schools that give multilingual education in Sarajevo. The high-school freshmen are learning three different languages (Bosnian , English and Turkish). Anxiety is negatively affecting the “speaking skill” which is considered to be the most important skill in “second language learning”. The anxieties in “second language learning” have been detected by studies , observations and surveys. The survey is designed according to the 5-point Likert scale. In the survey, the anxieties and anxiety levels concerning speaking exams , negative evaluation and cognitive levels have been determined. The results have shown that the anxiety levels of the students from Bosnia-Herzegovina are not considerably high. In addition to this , anxieties such as ; speaking , the topic of the speech , speaking exam , inability to express oneself , inability to pronounce the language , attitudes of the teachers , lack of vocabulary and inability to internalize the topics came into prominence. The data, which have been collected towards the purpose of the research, have been analysed and interpreted by using SPSS (Static Package for Social Science).

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