Examining the Effects of Writing Instruction through Blogging on Second Language Writing Performance and Anxiety [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2019 This study investigated the effects of blog-mediated instruction on English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) learners’ writing performance and anxiety. In addition, it aimed to probe into the EFL learners’ attitudes towards blog-mediated writing instruction ...
Jalil Fathi, Saeed Nourzadeh
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Anxiety in English Academic Writing of EFL Students [PDF]
SHS Web of ConferencesAcademic writing in English is an essential skill for EFL students and a critical criterion for determining their eligibility for graduation. The issue of academic writing anxiety among second language (L2) learners has attracted significant attention ...
Jia Wei
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Interaction Effect of Dual N-back Working Memory Training and Anxiety Levels on L2 Writing Performance [PDF]
Revue des Sciences Humaines, 2019 Burgeoning interest in the role of working memory (WM) in most cognitive endeavors has led to an increase in WM training programs. Within the field second language writing, however, WM improvement interventions are scarce, and even scarcer is research ...
Nawal Khelalfa, Sarah Merrouche
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Distinguish L2 Writing Tension from Anxiety [PDF]
World Journal of Education, 2017 Current research on second language (L2) anxiety solely deals with the vague fears. Those research results do notreflect L2 learners’ real concerns or furthermore help them to reduce the “tension” rather than anxiety. The researcherconsiders the need to distinguish L2 writing tension from L2 writing anxiety.
Min-hsiu Tsai
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Do anxiety and English proficiency level affect writing performance in second language (L2) learning? [PDF]
Journal of English Studies, 2017 The present study shows a piece of research conducted to establish the degree of correlation between anxiety and English proficiency level of adolescents with writing performance in second language (L2) learning.
Clemente Rodríguez-Sabiote +3 more
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L2 WRITING ANXIETY AND TEACHER’S COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR AS PREDICTORS OF RESEARCH SELF-EFFICACY OF STUDENTS [PDF]
European Journal of English Language Teaching, 2023 The purpose of this study was to determine whether second language writing anxiety and teacher’ communication behavior significantly predict students’ research self-efficacy. The working group for the present study, in which quantitative descriptive-predictive design was employed, included 187 students enrolled in Research 1 and 2 subjects at UM Digos ...
Jivina V. Lumakang, Tessie G. Miralles
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Examining the relationships between cognitive load, anxiety, and story continuation writing performance: a structural equation modeling approach [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsPrevious studies have left a significant gap in researching the relationships among affective variables, cognitive factors, and learning outcomes in second language (L2) writing.
Huafeng Wang +3 more
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Configurational impact of self-regulated writing strategy, writing anxiety, and perceived writing difficulty on EFL writing performance: an fsQCA approach [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPrevious research has indicated that writing performance of foreign/second language (L2) learners is influenced by their utilization of self-regulated writing strategies.
Cunying Fan, Juan Wang
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Interaction between CSL students’ motivation and anxiety under different L2 writing tasks: evidence from Vietnamese university students [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionImproving task motivation can reduce anxiety and enhance the efficiency of second language (L2) learning. However, previous research has not determined whether the relationship between task motivation and anxiety is unidirectional ...
Cong Wang, Sida Zhu, Haijing Zhang
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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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