www.TLHjournal.com Literary Herald ISSN: 2454-3365 An International Refereed/Peer-reviewed English e-Journal Impact Factor: 3.019(IIJIF) Vol. 3, Issue 4 (December 2017) Page 321 Dr. Siddhartha Sharma Editor-in-Chief Relation between English Language Anxiety and Achievement in English of Higher Secondary Students in the District of Bankura, West Bengal Rajib Saha, Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Kalyani, West Bengal Jayanta Mete, Professor, Department of Education, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, Abstract: In India, almost 99% of the English speakers speak English as their second language or as foreign language. And same the percentage is in case of English language learners. Different studies in abroad during 1980s and 1990s found that Anxiety works as an affective variable in foreign or second language learning. In India, some studies have been performed on the same issue. But extensive studies should be made to find out the relation between English Language Anxiety and Achievement in English. There is the popular phrase ―English language anxiety‖, coined by Horwitz (1986). The present study is a quantitative descriptive study in survey method to find out the relation between English Language Anxiety and Achievement in English of the Higher secondary students in the district of Bankura in West Bengal, India. The study has been made with four objectives and four hypotheses. The data has been collected from the samples with standardized scales and analysed with IBM SPSS Version 23. The study has found that the mean of English Language Anxiety and the mean of the Achievement in English of the Higher Secondary students in Bankura district differs from each group in reference to the demographic variables. And the relationship between English Language Anxiety and Achievement in English is significant. Key Words: Anxiety, Achievement, Correlation, significant, language, etc. 1. Introduction: India is a multi-lingual country. So, there is certainly the necessity of a particular language with which people from various parts of the nation can communicate uniformly. Thereby, the importance of English can be assumed. Kachru (1986) observed, there are two purposes behind using English in India. On the one hand, it is used as a linguistic tool for cohesive administration of the multi-lingual country, and on the other, it is used as a language for wider communication among people inside and outside the country. The world is becoming a single part as a result of globalization. And to be a proper and effective member of this global village, one needs to learn English properly. In our country almost 99% English users uses English as second language. But the English language learners generally face a number of difficulties while having a grasp of the four skills —listening, speaking, reading and writing—of the language. This difficulty may have a relation with the