Abstract
By examining the anxiety of students and teachers involved in the Foreign Language Activities this study tries to clarify what training can be given to ease the anxiety of those who are studying to become elementary school teachers. Examination of previous research showed that many elementary school teachers have difficulty and feel anxiety in teaching the newly introduced Foreign Language Activities. Though many regard their insufficient English proficiency as the source of the anxiety, there is not enough in-service training to develop their English skills. A survey conducted with 329 university students who took a onesemester class on how to teach Foreign Language Activities in the academic years 2010, 2011 or 2012 revealed the same anxiety about insufficient English proficiency felt by these university students. To ease their anxiety and create confidence to teach Foreign Language Activities, speech practice is proposed as an activity as a way to help familiarize them with speaking English and allow them gain experience in using English in the classroom.
