An Empirical Study on Correlation between Second Language Writing Anxiety and CET-4 Writing Score

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10.2991/icsshe-17.2017.97How to use a DOI?

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second language writing anxiety, CET-4 writing score

Abstract

The present study investigated the general situation of university students' second language writing anxiety and its influence on CET-4 writing score by taking 150 non English major students in Jilin Agricultural University as the research subjects. Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) developed by Cheng(2004) was adopted in this study. The result indicates that English writing anxiety exists among non-English major undergraduates; Avoidance behavior is the major source of writing anxiety; the students' writing anxiety and writing performance both changed significantly after writing practice and tests; a negative correlation exists between writing anxiety and English writing achievement. Suggestions on college English teaching of writing were discussed subsequently. The study will be helpful for both English teachers and learners to adopt effective strategies to ease anxiety and reduce the negative impact of anxiety on English writing.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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