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Chinese University EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: Pattern, Effect and Causes

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  • Meihua Liu
  • Huiliuqian Ni

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This paper reports on the result of a study on Chinese university EFL learners’ foreign language writing anxiety in terms of general pattern, effect and causes. 1174 first-year students answered the 26-item Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Scale (FLWAS) (Young, 1999) and took an English writing test, 18 of whom were invited for semi-structured interviews. The results showed that 1) FLWAS had three principal components—low confidence in English writing (FLWAS1), dislike of English writing (FLWAS2) and English writing apprehension evaluation (FLWAS3), 2) the whole sample, as well as male and female students, were generally confident in and liked English writing, and were not apprehensive of having their English writing evaluated, 3) significant differences existed between male and females students, and among different proficiency groups in all the FLWAS scales, 4) foreign language writing anxiety significantly negatively affected students’ performance in the English writing test, and 5) a number of factors contributed to the students’ foreign language writing anxiety.

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  • Meihua Liu & Huiliuqian Ni, 2015. "Chinese University EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: Pattern, Effect and Causes," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(3), pages 1-46, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:8:y:2015:i:3:p:46
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    Cited by:

    1. Yuan Sang, 2017. "Investigate the “Issues†in Chinese Students’ English Writing and Their “Reasons†: Revisiting the Recent Evidence in Chinese Academia," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 6(3), pages 1-1, August.
    2. Norah Almusharraf & Daniel R. Bailey, 2023. "Students Know Best: Modeling the Influence of Self-Reported Proficiency, TOEIC Scores, Gender, and Study Experience on Foreign Language Anxiety," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, August.
    3. Dongmei Jiang, 2016. "An Empirical Study on Alleviating Career English Writing Anxiety through Cooperative Learning in a Chinese Polytechnic Institute," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 5(1), pages 173-173, February.

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