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Ahmed Helwa, Hasnaa Sabry Abdel-Hamid – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of a program based on the combination of relevance and confidence motivational strategies in developing EFL argumentative writing skills and overcoming writing apprehension among students teachers at Faculty of Education. The design of the research is a mixed research methodology. It…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Skills
Daisey, Peggy – Online Submission, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore 71 secondary preservice teachers' attitudes about and experiences with sharing their content area as well as recreational writing with teenage students. Methodology: Preservice teachers who were enrolled in a required secondary content area literacy course in a Midwest university, including 48 in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Writing Apprehension, Practicums, Writing Across the Curriculum
Daisey, Peggy – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to define writing apprehension, describe the writing apprehension of 91 secondary preservice teachers of diverse subject areas, in a required content area literacy course, and explain how their writing apprehension was reduced significantly by authoring a "how-to" book. The "how-to" book assignment is explained and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Writing Processes, Biographies, Teacher Student Relationship
Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Ho, Max Ming Shuan – Online Submission, 2009
Many reports has been revealing that anxiety and negative emotion could appear and become an obstacle during language learners' language learning (e.g. Atay & Kurt, 2006; Cheng, 2001, 2004; Horwitz, 2001; Kurt & Atay, 2007; Leki, 1999). This qualitative study has been conducted to explore the anxiety the relevant reasons why university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Writing Apprehension, English (Second Language)
Abu Shawish, Jaber I.; Abdelraheem, Mohammad Atea – Online Submission, 2010
A considerable number of research and reports attempted to tackle the different aspects of writing apprehension. The current research dealt with the topic quantitatively and qualitatively in an attempt to know why Palestinian university students majoring in English feel anxious and stressed when they are asked to write. The possible remedies for…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Open Universities, Writing Apprehension, Writing Instruction
Kurt, Gokce; Atay, Derin – Online Submission, 2007
Studies done in L1/L2 English settings have revealed the negative effects of writing anxiety on both learner motivation and academic achievement and teachers' attitudes towards writing and the practices they use in their own classes. The present study aims to find out the effects of peer feedback on the writing anxiety of Turkish prospective…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Essays