Speaking anxiety is a well-known issue faced by EFL learners and can passively affect students’ oral performance. This study aimed to investigate the factors that may increase or decrease speaking anxiety among EFL learners and to identify the strategies they use to reduce this anxiety. A mixed methods design has been employed by using close-ended items and two open-ended questions administered to 80 undergraduate EFL students. The findings reveal that fear of making mistakes, limited vocabulary, difficulty in retrieving the proper words, and when the teachers highly focus on accuracy rather than fluency are the major sources of apprehension and nervousness among the participants while speaking English inside the classroom. In addition, the main strategies used by the participants are: practicing English outside the classroom, using fillers, paraphrasing, and teachers’ encouragement. The study highlights the essential of creating supportive classroom and using effective strategies to help students to manage their anxiety, enhance confidence, and improve oral communication..................... Keywords: .........EFL learners, FL anxiety, anxiety factors, anxiety strategies.