Writing apprehension defines a person's ability to write under various stress types. Depending on a situation, an average person might perform below expectations, or be less apprehensive about writing than a professional. The purpose of this research is to investigate Croatian University students' English as a foreign language writing apprehension. For the purpose to determine if the variables of students' gender and academic level (age) play a role in their writing apprehension, we adapted WAT (Writing Apprehension Test) so this would be tailored to our study population. A longitudinal study was conducted among the students who were studying at the University of Juraj Dobrila, Pula. The participants were tested twice: in the first and in the third year. The results of the study indicated that, in contrary to respondents' gender, academic level was significant variable in their estimates of writing apprehension. In accordance with the findings stated above, a number of recommendations for handling writing apprehension were set.
U današnjem globalno umreženom društvu engleski je jezik lingua franca koju osobito promiče internet. U izravnoj (face-to-face) nastavi, a naročito u nastavi preko interneta (online), mediji prenose informaciju, jezik i kulturu pa se multimedijska, odnosno multimodalna komunikacija ističe kao nužna pri poticanju kritičke vizualne pismenosti i učenju engleskoga jezika. To je tako jer suodnos slike i teksta posreduje na način koji osnažuje pojedinčevu samosvijest o znanju jezika i kulture te aktivira njegov trud i angažman pri učenju. S obzirom na rečeno, cilj je ovoga rada ispitati sljedeće: a) uložen trud pri učenju engleskoga jezika te b) odnos uložena truda u face-to-face i online nastavu preko medija. Ispitivanje je provedeno na Sveučilištu Jurja Dobrile u Puli tijekom 2019./2020. akademske godine u razdoblju obvezna ostajanja kod kuće zbog pandemije koronavirusa. Ovakva i slična istraživanja ubuduće će biti važna za prožimanje medijski reprezentiranih informacija kao i za proširenje ili nadomjestak face-to-face nastave u uobičajenim komunikacijskim uvjetima ili u uvjetima kada je online nastava jedina opcija.
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