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A Study on English Majors’ Writing Anxiety among Chinese College Students
ZHU Lin (Julia)
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.09.010
Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, Ningbo, China
Most Chinese college students do not attach great importance to English writing, and a small number of students have anxiety, which leads to a fall in grades. Based on this, this study uses interview and literature reading mode to explore the relationship between writing anxiety and English scores and which factors cause anxiety. The results showed that:(1) Anxiety was inversely correlated with grades. The greater the anxiety, the less satisfactory the grades. (2) There are many factors that lead to writing anxiety, the main factors of which are the students’ writing foundation, the personalities and the interests to English writing. This study also provides some suggestions for people with writing anxiety to relieve anxiety.
English writing anxiety, writing anxiety factors, English grades
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, September 2022, Vol. 12, No. 9, 933-938
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