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A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German
2020. urn:nbn:hr:142:447124
Pucelj, Martina
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Pucelj, M. (2020). A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German (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:142:447124

Pucelj, Martina. "A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:447124

Pucelj, Martina. "A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:447124

Pucelj, M. (2020). 'A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 16 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:447124

Pucelj M. A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2020 [cited 2025 January 16] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:447124

M. Pucelj, "A Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2020. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:447124

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TitleA Comparative Study of Foreign Language Writing Anxiety Among Croatian Students Majoring in English and German
Title (croatian)Usporedna analiza straha od pisanja na stranom jeziku među hrvatskim studentima engleskog i njemačkog jezika
AuthorMartina Pucelj
MentorDraženka Molnar (mentor)
Committee memberDraženka Molnar (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberVišnja Pavičić Takač (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberTanja Gradečak (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2020-09-07, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Writing in a foreign language is often perceived as tedious, complicated and anxietyprovoking. It should therefore not wonder that many researchers have investigated foreign language writing anxiety in order to gain insight into its effect on the student’s foreign language learning experience. The main aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the different types of foreign language writing anxiety among English and German majors in Croatia. The sample consisted of 207 participants altogether. 59 participants study German and 148 study English at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. Three different questionnaires were used for this quantitative study: a background questionnaire, Cheng’s Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory and, lastly, an openended questionnaire used to collect data about the different causes of writing anxiety. The study has shown a low amount of overall foreign language anxiety among the students and a significant negative correlation with the students’ self-assessment of the writing performance. The research findings identify the third year students in both groups as the ones suffering from the highest amounts of writing anxiety. The participants’ most commonly named causes of writing anxiety have been enlisted and all the results further discussed and interpreted. Lastly, this paper also offers some suggestions for the prevention and reduction of writing anxiety which may be useful for pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers.
Abstract (croatian)
Pisanje na stranom jeziku često se smatra zamornim, kompliciranim i izvorom straha među učenicima. Stoga ne čudi da brojni znanstvenici istražuju strah od pisanja na stranom jeziku kako bi dobili uvid u posljedice koje navedeni strah ima na učenikovo iskustvo učenja stranog jezika. Glavni je cilj ovog istraživanja ispitati i usporediti različite vrste straha od pisanja na stranom jeziku među hrvatskim studentima engleskog i njemačkog jezika. Uzorak se sastojao od ukupno 207 sudionika: 59 studenata njemačkog jezika i 148 studenata engleskog jezika na Filozofskom fakultetu u Osijeku. Za ovo kvantitativno istraživanje koristili smo tri upitnika: upitnik za prikupljanje općih podataka o sudionicima, upitnik o strahu od pisanja na stranom jeziku kojega je sastavio Cheng i upitnik s pitanjima otvorenog tipa za prikupljanje podataka o različitim uzrocima straha od pisanja. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali nisku razinu straha od pisanja na stranom jeziku među studentima i značajnu negativnu korelaciju između straha od pisanja i samoprocjene vještine pisanja. Nadalje, dobiveni rezultati identificiraju studente treće godine fakulteta kao ispitanike najsklonije strahu od pisanja. U radu se također navode i uzroci straha od pisanja kod obje skupine sudionika te njihova detaljna interpretacija. Naposljetku, ovaj rad nudi i nekoliko prijedloga za prevenciju i smanjivanje straha od pisanja koji bi mogli biti korisni nastavnicima stranog jezika.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:447124
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 edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije 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 edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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