An Investigation into Preparatory Class EFL Students’ L2 Writing Anxiety

Fahrettin Bilge Keyvanoğlu; Çağla Atmaca

Makale detayları

An Investigation into Preparatory Class EFL Students’ L2 Writing Anxiety

Yazarlar:

Fahrettin Bilge Keyvanoğlu | Çağla Atmaca

Yayıncı:

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.73-85

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289043

pISSN:

2146-5959

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 The current paper aims to investigate foreign language L2 writing anxiety levels of Turkish EFL students with regard to their foreign language writing performance, gender, age and language level. The participants were 120 preparatory class students from A1, A2, and B1 levels at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected through an inventory, namely The Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory by Cheng 2004a, and midterm and final exam scores. According to the results of statistical procedures, it was found that 43.3 of the participants had high levels of foreign language writing anxiety while 34.2 of them had moderate and 22.5 of them had low anxiety levels. Additionally, the participants from A1 level had the highest level of writing anxiety M68.5. Furthermore, it was revealed that females had higher anxiety levels than males. The results from multiple regression analysis indicated that all variables together accounted for 23.3 of variance. Writing anxiety was significantly predicted by gender β  -.33, p.001 and language level β  -.34, p.001. Finally, the results demonstrated that there was not a significant relationship between L2 writing anxiety of the participants and their writing performance.

 The current paper aims to investigate foreign language L2 writing anxiety levels of Turkish EFL students with regard to their foreign language writing performance, gender, age and language level. The participants were 120 preparatory class students from A1, A2, and B1 levels at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected through an inventory, namely The Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory by Cheng 2004a, and midterm and final exam scores. According to the results of statistical procedures, it was found that 43.3 of the participants had high levels of foreign language writing anxiety while 34.2 of them had moderate and 22.5 of them had low anxiety levels. Additionally, the participants from A1 level had the highest level of writing anxiety M68.5. Furthermore, it was revealed that females had higher anxiety levels than males. The results from multiple regression analysis indicated that all variables together accounted for 23.3 of variance. Writing anxiety was significantly predicted by gender β  -.33, p.001 and language level β  -.34, p.001. Finally, the results demonstrated that there was not a significant relationship between L2 writing anxiety of the participants and their writing performance.

 The current paper aims to investigate foreign language L2 writing anxiety levels of Turkish EFL students with regard to their foreign language writing performance, gender, age and language level. The participants were 120 preparatory class students from A1, A2, and B1 levels at a state university in Turkey. The data were collected through an inventory, namely The Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory by Cheng 2004a, and midterm and final exam scores. According to the results of statistical procedures, it was found that 43.3 of the participants had high levels of foreign language writing anxiety while 34.2 of them had moderate and 22.5 of them had low anxiety levels. Additionally, the participants from A1 level had the highest level of writing anxiety M68.5. Furthermore, it was revealed that females had higher anxiety levels than males. The results from multiple regression analysis indicated that all variables together accounted for 23.3 of variance. Writing anxiety was significantly predicted by gender β  -.33, p.001 and language level β  -.34, p.001. Finally, the results demonstrated that there was not a significant relationship between L2 writing anxiety of the participants and their writing performance.

 Bu makale, İngilizce hazırlık sınıfı öğrencilerinin yabancı dilde L2 yazma kaygı düzeylerini yabancı dilde yazma performansları, cinsiyetleri, yaşları ve dil düzeyleri açısından araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Katılımcılar, Türkiyede bir devlet üniversitesinde A1, A2 ve B1 seviyesinde öğrenim gören 120 hazırlık sınıfı öğrencisidir. Veriler, Cheng 2004a tarafından hazırlanan İkinci Dil Yazma Kaygısı Envanteri adlı bir envanter ve ara sınav ve dönem sonu sınav puanları ile elde edilmiştir. İstatistiksel bulgulara göre, katılımcıların 43.3ünün yüksek düzeyde yabancı dilde yazma kaygısına sahip olduğu, 34.2sinin orta düzeyde ve 22.5inin düşük düzeyde kaygıya sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, A1 düzeyindeki katılımcılar en yüksek yazma kaygısına sahiptir Ort68,5. Buna ilaveten, kadınların erkeklere göre daha yüksek kaygı düzeylerine sahip oldukları ortaya çıkmıştır. Çoklu regresyon analizinden elde edilen sonuçlar, tüm değişkenlerin birlikte varyansın 23.3ünü oluşturduğunu göstermiştir. Yazma kaygısı cinsiyet β  -.33, p.001 ve dil düzeyi β  -.34, p.001 tarafından anlamlı olarak yordanmıştır. Son olarak, sonuçlar katılımcıların yabancı dilde yazma kaygısı ile yazma performansları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığını göstermiştir.

Makale detayları

An Investigation into Preparatory Class EFL Students’ L2 Writing Anxiety

Yazarlar:

Fahrettin Bilge Keyvanoğlu | Çağla Atmaca

Yayıncı:

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.73-85

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289043

pISSN:

2146-5959

L2 writing anxiety

L2 writing performance

preparatory class students

Turkish EFL students

writing instructionyabancı dilde yazma kaygısı

yabancı dilde yazma performansı

hazırlık sınıfı öğrencileri

Türkiye bağlamında İngilizce öğrenenler

yazma eğitimi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Fahrettin Bilge Keyvanoğlu | Çağla Atmaca

Yayıncı: Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Ana Başlıklar: Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi: Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.73-85

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001289043

pISSN: 2146-5959

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Fahrettin Bilge Keyvanoğlu | Çağla Atmaca

Yayıncı:

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University

Ana Başlıklar:

Alan Eğitimleri

Dergi:

Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.73-85

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001289043

pISSN:

2146-5959