Second Language Writing Anxiety and Translation: Performance in a Hong Kong Tertiary Translation Class

2017 ◽  
pp. 169-190
Author(s):  
Jackie Xiu Yan ◽  
Jun Pan ◽  
Honghua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Language Writing

Reducing Second Language Writing Anxiety

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Bashak Tarkan-Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Writing Assignment

Academic writing is a difficult task for many post-secondary students in the U.S. However, it is particularly challenging for ESL students due to linguistic and cognitive factors. This challenge may lead to second language writing anxiety (SLWA), as a result of which some students may perform poorly on writing assignments and eventually fail the course. Although previous research studies offer instructional strategies to address SLWA, they are insufficient in their theoretical basis and practical application. Thus, this paper fills that gap by situating those pedagogical recommendations within their theoretical foundations and includes a sample writing assignment with a student self-regulation checklist.

Second Language Writing Anxiety and Translation

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Xiu Yan ◽  
Honghua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Language Writing

scholarly journals Reading and writing

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-275
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
L1 And L2

04–620 Akamatsu, Nobuhiko (Doshisha University, Japan; Email: [email protected].). The effects of first language orthographic features on second language reading in text. Language Learning (Michigan, USA), 53, 2 (2003), 207–231.04–621 Argamon, S., Koppel, M., Fine, J. and Shimoni, A. R. (Department of computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Email: [email protected]). Gender, genre and writing style in formal written texts. Text (Berlin, Germany), 23, 3 (2003), 321–346.04–622 Dreyer, Carisma and Nel, Charl (Potchefstroom U., South Africa; Email: [email protected]). Teaching reading strategies and reading comprehension within a technology-enhanced learning environment. System (Oxford, UK), 31, 3 (2003), 349–365.04–623 Fender, Michael (U. of Pittsburg, PA., USA; Email: [email protected]). English word recognition and word integration skills of native Arabic- and Japanese-speaking learners of English as a second language. Applied Psycholinguistics (Cambridge, UK), 24, 2 (2003), 289–316.04–624 Flowerdew, L. (Hong Kong University of Science and Techology). A combined corpus and systemic-functional analysis of the problem-solution pattern in a student and professional corpus of technical writing. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA), 37, 3 (2003), 489–511.04–625 Goswami, Usha (U. of Cambridge, UK), Ziegler, Johannes C., Dalton, Louise and Schneider, Woflgang. Nonword reading across orthographies: How flexible is the choice of reading units?Applied Psycholinguistics (Cambridge, UK), 24, 2 (2003), 235–248.04–626 Hinkel, Eli (Seattle University, USA; Email: [email protected]). Tense, aspect and the passive voice in L1 and L2 academic texts. Language Teaching Research (London, UK), 8, 1 (2004), 5.04–627 Hirose, Keiko (Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; Email: [email protected]). Comparing L1 and L2 organizational patterns in the argumentative writing of Japanese EFL students. Journal of Second Language Writing (New Jersey, USA), 12 (2003), 181–209.04–628 Lee, Miranda Y. P. (Hong Kong Polytechnic University of Hong Kong; Email: [email protected]). Discourse structure and rhetoric of English narratives: differences between native English and Chinese non-native English writers. Text (Berlin, Germany) 23, 3 (2003), 347–368.04–629 Matsuda, Paul K. (University of New Hampshire, USA; Email: [email protected]), Canagarajah, A. Suresh, Harklau, L., Hyland, K. and Warshauer, Mark. Changing currents in second language writing research: a colloquium. Journal of Second Language Writing (New Jersey, USA), 12 (2003), 151–179.04–630 Moreno, Ana (Universidad de Leon, Spain; Email: [email protected]). Matching theoretical descriptions of discourse and practical applications to teaching: the case of causal metatext. English for Specific Purposes (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 22, 3 (2003), 265–295.04–631 Ramanathan, Vaidehi (University of California, Davis, USA; Email: [email protected]). Written textual production and consumption (WTPC) in vernacular and English-medium settings in Gujarat, India. Journal of Second Language Writing (Ann Arbor, USA), 12 (2003), 125–150.04–632 Rasinski, Timothy V. (Kent State U., USA) and Hoffman, James V. (U. of Texas, Austin, USA). Oral reading in the school literacy curriculum. Reading Research Quarterly (Newark, DE, USA), 38, 4 (2003), 510–522.04–633 Saito, Hidetoshi and Fujita, Tomoko (Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan; Email: [email protected]). Characteristics and user acceptance of peer rating in EFL writing classrooms. Language Teaching Research (London, UK), 8, 1 (2003), 31–54.04–634 Steinman, Linda (Seneca College, Toronto, Canada). Cultural collisions in L2 academic writing. TESL Canada Journal (Burnaby, B.C., Canada), 20, 2 (2003), 80–91.04–635 Zareva, Alla (University of Georgia Athens Georgia.) Transfer effects on the process of L2 reading and comprehension. Literacy Across Cultures (Fukui, Japan), 6 (2003), 25–34.

scholarly journals Anxiety and Writing Ability of Filipino ESL Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 126-132
Author(s):  
Ryan P. Kabigting ◽  
Allan S. Gumangan ◽  
Dhonna P. Vital ◽  
Ella Shiela V. Villanueva ◽  
Evelyn S. Mosuela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Esl Learners

The study aimed at describing how L2 anxiety of writing affected the Filipino English as Second Language (ESL) learners’ ability in writing. It also showed the anxiety rates, foremost type; then, the learners’ writing ability. Thirty-three grade 10 ESL learners participated in. The utilization of Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) which was proposed by Cheng, and a written test as one of the requirements of their subject was done for data collection. 82% of learners marked high anxiety in writing, 18% was moderate anxiety, and none was recorded low anxiety. The leading type of anxiety in writing was cognitive; then the somatic; lastly, the avoidance behavior.  In the writing ability, learners were satisfactorily rated and male and female writing ability did not significantly differ. A negatively low correlated, inverse relationship of SLWAI and performance was found between anxiety in writing and Filipino ESL learners’ ability in writing using a second or foreign language. This implies that the greater the learners were anxious in writing, the lesser the achievement that a learner may have.

scholarly journals Second Language Writing Anxiety of Indonesian EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Reni Kusumaningputri ◽  
Tri Ayu Ningsih ◽  
Wisasongko Wisasongko
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Writing ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Writing Anxiety ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
Student Writers ◽  
Language Difficulties ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Writing Practice

This research reported the types, as well as the causal factors of writing anxiety experienced by 44 volunteered Indonesian student writers from the first and second year of college. This research applied two questionnaires to get descriptions of types and causal factors of writing anxiety; Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) and Causes of Writing Anxiety Inventory (CWAI), and interview. The findings show that cognitive anxiety is found to be the most experienced type of writing anxiety among both students’ levels. There is a slight difference in the result of CWAI questionnaire in that three major causal factors of freshmen writing anxiety are language difficulties, time pressure, and insufficient writing practice. Meanwhile, the causal factors of sophomores are insufficient writing practice, language difficulties, and insufficient writing technique. These suggest that classroom instructions need to gear on improving students’ linguistic capabilities and writing techniques through modeling.

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