International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Yazarlar: Ryan P. Kabigting, Allan S. Gumangan, Dhonna P. Vital, Ella Shiela V. Villanueva, Evelyn S. Mosuela, Fernan B. Muldong, Katherine P. Pamintuan, Maramina R. Mallari, Mary Grace L. Sagum

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DOI:10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.7.14

Anahtar Kelimeler:ESL learners,Writing anxiety,Writing ability,English as Second Language,Foreign language anxiety,Cognitive anxiety,Somatic,Anxiety,Avoidance

Özet: The study aimed at describing how L2 anxiety of writing affected the Filipino English as Second Language (ESL) learners’ ability in writing. It also showed the anxiety rates, foremost type; then, the learners’ writing ability. Thirty-three grade 10 ESL learners participated in. The utilization of Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) which was proposed by Cheng, and a written test as one of the requirements of their subject was done for data collection. 82% of learners marked high anxiety in writing, 18% was moderate anxiety, and none was recorded low anxiety. The leading type of anxiety in writing was cognitive; then the somatic; lastly, the avoidance behavior.  In the writing ability, learners were satisfactorily rated and male and female writing ability did not significantly differ. A negatively low correlated, inverse relationship of SLWAI and performance was found between anxiety in writing and Filipino ESL learners’ ability in writing using a second or foreign language. This implies that the greater the learners were anxious in writing, the lesser the achievement that a learner may have.

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