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Khabooshan, Hanieh Soltani; Saeedirad, Mohamad Ali – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
This study investigated the relationship between four different types of personality, namely extroversion versus introversion, sensing versus intuition, thinking versus feeling, judging versus perceiving and writing anxiety. To collect the data, 325 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students were randomly selected from several universities to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Personality Traits, Writing Apprehension
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Qadir, Sarkawt Muhammad; Bensen Bostanci, Hanife; Kurt, Mustafa – SAGE Open, 2021
Although many studies have investigated writing apprehension among students of different education levels during the last decades, several of its aspects have remained uninvestigated in different contexts. One of these contexts is North Cyprus. For this reason, this study aimed to measure the level of writing apprehension experienced by English as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Correlation
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Waer, Hanan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in automated writing evaluation (hereafter AWE). However, few studies have examined the use of AWE with apprehensive writers. Hence, this study extends research in this area, investigating the effect of using AWE on reducing writing apprehension and enhancing grammatical knowledge. The participants…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Apprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jawas, Umiati – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Writing anxiety is a term for a wide variety of apprehensive and pessimistic feelings about writing. The purpose of this study is to identify factors contributing to writing anxiety experienced by EFL students in writing essays and the strategies they apply to manage it. The possible factors of the anxiety were elaborated into close-ended…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Writing Apprehension, Student Attitudes, Essays
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Aloairdhi, Nafilah M. – English Language Teaching, 2019
Writing is an important skill in language learning and in academic achievement. The level of writing anxiety could affect students' achievements positively or negatively. This research aimed to examine the writing anxiety among Saudi female learners enrolled in English language departments at some Saudi universities. It also aimed to identify the…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lee, Juhee – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This study examines the relative contributions of linguistic and affective variables to writing performance among students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in South Korea. In total, 270 middle school students completed four language tests assessing their reading comprehension, grammar knowledge, and descriptive and argumentative…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Uzun, Kutay; Topkaya, Ece Zehir – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study aimed to find out if Genre-Based Writing Instruction had an effect on pre-service English teachers' foreign language writing anxiety levels. The research setting was a compulsory English Literature course in an English Language Teaching (ELT) department, in which a writing module adopting a Genre-Based Approach was integrated…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Writing Apprehension, English (Second Language)
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Liu, Yuanyuan – English Language Teaching, 2020
Writing anxiety is one of the most essential factors influencing language learning. The current study is to explore the effect of sentence-making practice on reducing writing anxiety of two classes of adult EFL learners, one in low-intermediate level (LI learners), the other in high-intermediate level (HI learners). Two classes received two-week…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Jeon, Eun Young – TESOL International Journal, 2018
The current educational trend strongly encourages students' active participation in learning. However, EFL writing instructions in Korea are so far detached from this approach. That is, most English writing classes in Korea are still teacher-centered and most learners remain passive throughout the classroom period. In order to bring about change…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), College Students
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Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Larke, Patricia J.; Jarvie, Douglas S.; Chien, Paul Shih Chieh – English Language Teaching, 2018
Anxiety (e.g., Dallos, 1976, 2006; Krashen, 2003, 2016) sometimes might be unavoidable in the learning process, because the cognitive and intellectual systems are usually connected with emotional factors. This empirical study was conducted in an English majors' advanced-level writing course to explore relevant explanations about why Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Badrasawi, Kamal J. I.; Zubairi, Ainol; Idrus, Faizah – International Education Studies, 2016
Writing skill is seen as a cornerstone of university students' success in both academic and career life. This qualitative study was conducted to further explore the teachers' and students' perceptions on the relationship between writing apprehension and writing performance, contributing factors of writing apprehension, and strategies to reduce…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Correlation, Writing Apprehension, Writing Skills
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Hussin, Supyan; Abdullah, Mohamad Yahya; Ismail, Noriah; Yoke, Soo Kum – English Language Teaching, 2015
This study investigates the effects of the CMC applications on the ESL/EFL writing anxiety. This is a descriptive study using a mixed-method that adopted both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Three instruments were employed to answer the research questions of the current study which are Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Challob, Ala'a Ismael; Bakar, Nadzrah Abu; Latif, Hafizah – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study examined the effects of collaborative blended learning writing environment on students' writing apprehension and writing performance as perceived by a selected group of EFL students enrolled in one of the international schools in Malaysia. Qualitative case study method was employed using semi-structured interview, learning diaries and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Machida, Naoko; Dalsky, David J. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Research on anxiety in a foreign language-learning context is well-documented; however, few studies have directly focused on anxiety occurring within writing contexts despite the fact that writing anxiety is known to affect students' learning. The present study examined the effectiveness of concept mapping considering students' writing anxiety.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Writing Apprehension
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Singh, Termit Kaur Ranjit; Rajalingam, Saravana Kumar – English Language Teaching, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of writing apprehension and how writing apprehension level and writing self-efficacy beliefs influences writing proficiency level among pre-university students. Participants were 320 pre-university students from a northern region college offering this programme. All the respondents were…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Self Efficacy
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