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The Effects of L2 Chinese Learners’ Perceived Writing Anxiety on Their L1 Use within L2 Writing Performance among English Major Students in a Chinese University

English Language Teaching
Learning to write fluently and expressively in English is widely proved to be one of the most difficult skills for Chinese EFL learners to master due to their L2 writing processes are impeded by various obstacles, among which L2 writing anxiety and their L1 use are two indispensable factors that should be accounted. Hence, the purpose of this study was
Xin Hu, Haiying Du
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Interaction Effect of Dual N-back Working Memory Training and Anxiety Levels on L2 Writing Performance

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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THE INFLUENCE OF SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING ANXIETY ON L2 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ DISSERTATION WRITING: A MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY

International Journal of Modern Education
Second language (L2) postgraduate students are susceptible to experience second language writing anxiety (SLWA) in dissertation writing as they tend to find the writing process arduous. SLWA relates to the recurring negative and anxious feeling when students write which could influence their cognition, behaviour, and physical condition.
Wan Safuraa Wan Osman, Fatiha Senom, Shanina Sharatol Ahmad Shah   +2 more
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A Study on the Effect of L2 Grit and Foreign Language Writing Anxiety on Junior High School Student’s Writing Achievement

Frontiers in Educational Research
: The introduction to grit into the second language acquisition has motivated scholars’ attention to learners’ personal traits in language learning. Prior studies mainly focus on the relationship between grit and academic achievement and target the group
Jiayi Cui, Sijia Jing
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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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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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Perfectionism and writing anxiety as predictors of Iranian EFL learners’ performance in IELTS writing module: a multi-dimensional perspective

Frontiers in Education, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL Learners’ perfectionism and writing anxiety and their performance in the IELTS Writing Module.
Robab Khosravi, Elham Mohammadi, Nazanin Esmaeili, Hamed Zandi   +3 more
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Mapping the interactions between task sequencing, anxiety, and enjoyment in L2 writing development

Journal of Second Language Writing
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Gholam Hassan Khajavy, Julia Goetze   +2 more
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Writing Center Visitors: Influence of L1 Writing Skills on Students’ Exophonic Writings

SAGE Open, 2021
This study investigated the influence of acquired L1 writing skills on exophonic writings of students ( N  = 147) from diverse majors, who visited an English writing center for assistance. Affective differences revealed students with L1 writing tutelage (
Yvette Denise Murdoch, Hyejung Lim, Jiyoung Cho   +2 more
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“But They’re Grad Students, They Should Know This”: Preliminary Findings from a Writing Center’s Hybrid Approach to Supporting Postgraduates in Qatar

Online Learning, 2023
Postgraduate research plays an important role in the knowledge economy, yet attrition rates among postgraduates remain a global concern. Numerous studies have cited anxiety around academic writing as a primary cause for declining completion rates ...
Mary Newsome, Mohammad Mollazehi, Mounia Zidani, Randa Sheik, Jumana Amiry   +4 more
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