The Role of Writing Apprehension in Writing Performance and Competence

Faigley, Lester; Daly, John A.; Witte, Stephen P.

doi:10.1080/00220671.1981.10885348

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“…Correlational and regressional analyses indicated that English writing anxiety was significantly negatively related to students' English writing performance, and that low confidence in English writing was a powerful negative predictor for the latter, as found in the current literature (Cheng, 2002;Faigley et al, 1981;Kean et al, 1987;Woodrow, 2011;Yan & Wang, 2014). Nevertheless, as not much research on FL writing anxiety can be located, more studies are called for to further examine the relationship between FL writing anxiety and FL writing performance, especially when other variables such as self-efficacy, FL writing competence, and time pressure may mediate the effect of FL writing anxiety, as found in the present study as well as others (Cheng, 2002(Cheng, , 2004Kean et al, 1987;Woodrow, 2011;Yan & Wang, 2014).…”

Section: Effect Of and Causes For Fl Writing Anxietysupporting

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“…Based on the Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Test (WAT) (Daly & Miller, 1975) which was initially developed to assess first language writing anxiety, the 26-item Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Scale (FLWAS) was developed (cited in Young, 1999) and has been generally used to measure S/FL writing anxiety (Cheng et al, 1999;Gungle & Talor, 1989;Lu, 2005). Kean, Gylnn, and Britton (1987) found that when there was a time pressure, writing anxiety was more likely to create a negative effect on the quality of students' work, which confirmed the result of an earlier study (Faigley, Daly, & Witte, 1981). Cheng (2002) studied the relationships among students' perceptions of their FL writing anxiety and various learner differences.…”

Section: Foreign Language Writing Anxietysupporting

confidence: 62%

“…Only when they are consistently confirmed will data from samples in different FL/SL contexts be better analyzed and compared in terms of FL writing anxiety to better understand the issue. It will also enable us to better examine the relations between foreign language writing anxiety and other language learning-related variables such as past experiences, self-confidence, and self-efficacy, as found in the current literature (Cheng, 2002;Faigley et al, 1981;Kean et www.ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 8, No.…”

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

Li¹,

Ni²

2015

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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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Section: Effect Of and Causes For Fl Writing Anxietysupporting

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Section: Foreign Language Writing Anxietysupporting

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“…To explain this result, the researcher traced the study of Faigley, Daly, and Witte (1981). This study revealed that, most students with high writing apprehension produced a lower quality work.…”

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The Relationship of Writing Apprehension Level and Self-efficacy Beliefs on Writing Proficiency Level among Pre-university Students

Singh¹,

Rajalingam²

2012

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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 administered with three instruments measuring their writing apprehension levels and writing self-efficacy beliefs and their writing proficiency. The writing apprehension levels among these respondents were found to be average. Self-efficacy factors revealed an inverse relationship with writing apprehension level. The relationship between writing apprehension level and writing proficiency indicated that the higher the apprehension level the better the respondents performance. Students' views with regard to their writing apprehension level are also presented. These findings are supported in the literature and discussions. Based on the findings, the study presents some recommendations to overcome this problem.

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“…One recommendation of Faigley, Daly, and Witte (1981) was that instructors should use different instructional techniques and materials for high WA students because evaluation can play a major role in WA (Smith, 1984). Instead of merely instructing students, instructors should train them as writers (Kellogg & Raulerson, 2007).…”

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Exploring Agricultural Communications Students’ Perceptions of Communication Apprehension and Writing Apprehension in the Classroom

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Meyers²,

Irlbeck³

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The Role of Writing Apprehension in Writing Performance and Competence

Cited by 132 publications

References 15 publications

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

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

The Relationship of Writing Apprehension Level and Self-efficacy Beliefs on Writing Proficiency Level among Pre-university Students

Exploring Agricultural Communications Students’ Perceptions of Communication Apprehension and Writing Apprehension in the Classroom

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