Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?

Writing is a demanding activity especially for learners of a second / foreign language and yet it is a skill that they have to master in order to do well in content courses especially at the tertiary level of education. Studies have shown that students’ writing performance is related to anxiety....

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Main Authors:	Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian English Language Association (MELTA) 2005
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32800/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32800/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32800/1/nuraihan.pdf

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spelling	iium-328002015-07-27T10:20:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32800/ Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect? Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah Mat Daud, Nuraihan Abu Kassim , Noor Lide P Philology. Linguistics Writing is a demanding activity especially for learners of a second / foreign language and yet it is a skill that they have to master in order to do well in content courses especially at the tertiary level of education. Studies have shown that students’ writing performance is related to anxiety. What is uncertain is whether anxiety is the cause or the consequence of poor writing performance. This study seeks to find how anxiety is related to performance using the deficit hypothesis as its guiding principle. The findings show that the subjects in this study suffered anxiety as a result of their lack of writing skills, and that the better students experienced less anxiety than the weaker ones. Malaysian English Language Association (MELTA) 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32800/1/nuraihan.pdf Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah and Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Abu Kassim , Noor Lide (2005) Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect? Malaysian Journal of ELT Research, Inaug. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1511-8002 http://www.melta.org.my/Inaugural-Volume-2005/q?cid=70&doit=showclass
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description	Writing is a demanding activity especially for learners of a second / foreign language and yet it is a skill that they have to master in order to do well in content courses especially at the tertiary level of education. Studies have shown that students’ writing performance is related to anxiety. What is uncertain is whether anxiety is the cause or the consequence of poor writing performance. This study seeks to find how anxiety is related to performance using the deficit hypothesis as its guiding principle. The findings show that the subjects in this study suffered anxiety as a result of their lack of writing skills, and that the better students experienced less anxiety than the weaker ones.
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author	Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah Mat Daud, Nuraihan Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
author_facet	Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah Mat Daud, Nuraihan Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
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title	Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
title_short	Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
title_full	Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
title_fullStr	Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
title_full_unstemmed	Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
title_sort	second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?
publisher	Malaysian English Language Association (MELTA)
publishDate	2005
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Second language writing anxiety: cause or effect?

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