英语专业学生ESL写作焦虑与写作成绩相关性研究

摘要

本文旨在测量英语专业学生ESL写作焦虑的程度,及写作焦虑与英语写作成绩是否存在相关.首先,利用二语写作焦虑量表SLWAI[1]测量了英语专业学生英语写作焦虑的程度及类型.其次,利用SPSS相关分析,研究了英语写作焦虑程度与写作成绩之间的联系.研究结果表明英语专业学生存在高度的英语写作焦虑,其中认知焦虑是最主要的表现形式.英语写作焦虑程度与写作成绩呈高度的负相关,说明高度的焦虑对写作存在负面的影响.了解ESL写作焦虑与写作成绩的联系将有助于二语教师和学习者采取积极有效的策略来缓解焦虑,减少焦虑对于二语写作的负面影响.%This essay aims to find out the correlations between ESL writing anxiety and writing performance based on an empirical study on ESL writing anxiety among Chinese English majors. The levels of ESL writing anxiety were measured on the basis of SLWAI (Cheng, 2004), and correlation analysis was also used to find out if there is a significant negative or positive correlation between measure of ESL writing anxiety and measures of writing performance (course grade and timed writing grade). Results show that there is a high level of ESL writing anxiety among Chinese English majors and a significant negative correlation between their ESL writing anxiety and performance, which will provide Chinese ESL learners and teachers with pedagogical implications of successful learning and teaching strategies for reducing ESL writing anxiety.