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The Current Situation of College Students’ Writing Apprehension

Take College English Test Brand 4 as an Example

Authors
Wenxuan Zhang1, *
1School of Modern Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 050000, Hebei, China
*Corresponding author. Email: yyds81712@163.com
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Wenxuan Zhang
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_42How to use a DOI?
Keywords
English writing anxiety; College English Test Brand 4; English major college students; non-English major college students
Abstract

This study investigated the level of writing apprehension and its triggering factors during the College English Test Brand 4 (hereinafter referred to as CET-4) for university students through a questionnaire survey of 150 students from Hebei Agricultural University, and compared whether there were differences in the level of writing apprehension and triggering factors between English major students and non-English major students in the exam. The results showed that: 1. Students had low levels of writing apprehension and the main triggers of writing apprehension were: task feature and output method; 2. English majors had lower levels of writing apprehension and lower numbers of triggers of writing apprehension than non-English majors. The study made recommendations based on the findings from the student perspective.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
ISBN
978-2-494069-97-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_42How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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