Chinese College Students' English Writing Anxiety and Its Related Factors: A Survey Study

Yujun Li ； Gengsheng Xiao

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 2卷6期 (2019/09) Pp. 1-9

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.201909_2(6).0001

摘要

This study explores the current situation on English writing anxiety of 261 Chinese college students by means of questionnaire and interview surveys and compares the English writing anxiety of college students with different genders, majors and English proficiency. It is found that: (1) College students' English writing anxiety is moderate, writing anxiety is higher in cognitive anxiety, followed by physiological anxiety, and finally avoiding behavior; (2) There are no significant differences between male and female students in English writing anxiety; (3) The students of liberal arts majors have the highest level of English writing anxiety, followed by science majors students, and finally medical majors students; (4) As students' English proficiency improves, students' English writing anxiety levels gradually decrease, and significant differences were observed in the physiological anxiety, avoiding behavior.

關鍵字

English writing anxiety ； Gender ； Major ； English proficiency

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