One of the factors determine the sucess or failure in learning English i anxiety. Anxiety might be experienced not onl by female students, but also male students either they have high English proficiency or low English proficiency. Tis study aims to find out the factors in reduicng anxiety in learning English as perceived by the female and male students with low English proficiency. The method used was qualitative with the number of subjects were 15 female students and 15 male students of The English Education Department of Muria Kudus University. The data were collected using interview. The result reveals that there are similarities as well as differences in the perspectives of the female and male students on the factors reducing anxiety in learning English
