Investigating high schoolers’ L2 writing anxiety, L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing self-regulated strategies, and L2 writing engagement: Relationships and mediator [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study used a structural equation modeling approach to investigate the relationships among L2 writing anxiety, L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing self-regulated strategies and L2 writing engagement, and possible mediators that regulate the effect ...
Jie Zhou +3 more
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The Impact of Academic Procrastination on Second Language Writing: The Mediating Role of L2 Writing Anxiety [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Recently, there has been a surge of interest in the exploration of psychological properties in a second language context. Considerable literature has grown up around the influence of these psychological properties on L2 writing specifically. However, the
Chen Zhang, Wenzhong Zhang
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How AI literacy predicts L2 Chinese writing engagement: the mediating roles of anxiety and enjoyment [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionIn the era of Generative AI, the focus of second language (L2) writing research has shifted toward how learners’ AI literacy shapes their affective experiences and engagement.
Chenrui Miao, Jingyao Shi, Jili Jiang
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Is it all bad? Saudi EFL student perceptions of the role of anxiety when writing [PDF]
Saudi Journal of Language Studies, 2022 Purpose – The study aims to ascertain the degree to which Saudi tertiary level writers experience foreign language (FL), English, writing anxiety compared with other variables known to affect writing, such as motivation, types of self-efficacy or teacher
Salah Alfarwan
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Cognitive Demands and Emotional Responses in L2 Writing: How Task Complexity and Task-Specific Emotions Shape Learners’ Performance [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis study examined the complex relationships among task complexity, task-specific emotions, and learners’ L2 writing performance. Sixty-one Chinese EFL learners were divided into two groups and completed two writing tasks in a counterbalanced order ...
Yue Wang, Yunmei Sun, Wen Ke
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The predictive effects of individual difference factors on L2 writing complexity, accuracy, and fluency [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyDrawing on the control-value theory and the individual-environmental model of writing, this study investigated the predictive effects of various individual difference factors (i.e., L2 writing grit, enjoyment, anxiety, motivation, and working memory) on ...
Zihan Gao, Zihan Gao
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Writing self-efficacy, achievement emotions, and engagement among Chinese EFL learners: a variable- and person-centered investigation based on control-value theory [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyDrawing on the Control-Value Theory (CVT), this study adopts a dual-analytical approach to investigate the interplay of writing self-efficacy, emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, boredom), and engagement among 1,879 Chinese EFL learners.
Hong Lei, Quanwang Zhan
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A study on the correlation between the perception of intelligent college English learning environments and the willingness to communicate in listening, speaking, reading, and writing [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAs generative AI tools become integrated into educational settings, foreign language teaching and learning are gradually adapting. This cross-sectional mixed-methods study examines the relationships between college students’ perceptions of ...
Yan Li
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Self-efficacy in AI-assisted L2 academic writing: scale development and validation [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has fundamentally reshaped the landscape of second language (L2) academic writing, introducing novel demands on learners’ competencies and psychological resources.
Guangyuan Yao, Lingxi Fan
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Writing presents considerable challenges to students’ motivation. Yet there is a dearth of studies assessing the role of affect and motivation in writing performance for students with migration backgrounds (MB), who often underachieve in writing.
Vera Busse +3 more
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