Yttrium silicate-based composites dispersed with silicon carbide particles have been proposed as a novel material concept of self-healing environmental barrier coatings applied for Si-based ceramics and their composites. Crack-healing effectiveness as well as high-temperature oxidation behavior of the yttrium silicate composites was investigated as functions of oxidation time and temperatures. Dense samples of the composites dispersed with 5 vol% SiC particles were fabricated by using the pulsed electric current sintering technique. Thermal oxidation for selfhealing was conducted at temperatures ranging from 1000°C to 1300°C for from 1 to 24 h in air. High-temperature oxidation experiments were carried out at temperatures ranging from 1200°C to 1400°C for from 1 to 60 h in air. As a result, the surface cracks with approximately 200 µm in length introduced on the sample surface were disappeared completely after heat treatment at 1300°C for 1 h in air. Crack-healing performance of SiC/Y 2 SiO 5 is better than that of SiC/Y 2 Si 2 O 7. The crack-healing performance of SiC/Y 2 SiO 5-Y 2 Si 2 O 7 is in the middle of that of SiC/Y 2 SiO 5 and SiC/Y 2 Si 2 O 7. The mechanism of crack healing was identified as the consequence of SiC oxidation into SiO 2 , which accompanies a volume expansion, and outward diffusion of Y 3+ cations caused the formation of Y 2 Si 2 O 7 outer layer. Oxidation of SiC particles within the matrix developed an oxidized zone. Growth of the oxidized zone obeyed the parabolic law, which meant diffusion process in the oxidized zone is the rate-controlling process.