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Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language
Diplomski rad
2011. urn:nbn:hr:142:320529
Vukelić, Sanja
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Vukelić, S. (2011). Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

Vukelić, Sanja. "Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

Vukelić, Sanja. "Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2011. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

Vukelić, S. (2011). 'Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 26 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

Vukelić S. Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2011 [cited 2024 December 26] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

S. Vukelić, "Foreign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2011. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:320529

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TitleForeign Language Writing Anxiety: A Comparative Study of English and German language : Diplomski rad
AuthorSanja Vukelić
MentorVišnja Pavičić-Takač (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2011-03-10, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Anxiety is a rich research area. We differentiate between several types of anxiety such as foreign language anxiety, test anxiety, communication anxiety and more. Anxiety is also an area where opinions tend to collide. Some people believe that anxiety inhibits learners’ performance, while others believe that learners use anxiety as an excuse for not being prepared. This research dealt with a certain type of anxiety, that is foreign language writing anxiety. Students tend to develop this type of anxiety due to lack of writing skills, limited knowledge and capacity to express themselves in the target language and fear of being evaluated and judged on the basis of their writing ability. Therefore the aim of the research was to explore the foreign language writing anxiety of English and German students and its effect on their writing competence and self-evaluation. The study was conducted on the sample of second and third grade high school students. In order to acquire necessary data, Writing Apprehension Test developed by Daly and Miller (1975a) was used. Students’ grades in writing were taken as a measure of their writing competence. The results confirmed the existence of moderate foreign language writing anxiety and its negative correlation with the students’ writing competence and self-evaluation. This paper also provides several methods and techniques for reducing writing anxiety.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:320529
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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