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The study explores the existence of English learning anxiety among college students in Korea. Specifically, it aims to study college students' foreign language classroom anxiety in the English communication classes run by native speaker teachers. For the purpose, a questionnaire survey (Foreign Language Anxiety Scale: FLCAS) complemented with qualitative interviews was conducted. The participants were 396 university students taking the general English courses as a requirement for graduation. The findings show that unlike the previous studies on the foreign language anxiety, the students' anxiety level is not significant. Also, the students gained confidence in speaking with foreigners in English owing to the English classes taught by native and Korean teachers alternately. Based on the findings, some pedagogical implications are provided on how to provide students with a learner-centered, low-anxiety classroom environment.