Rabadi RI, Rabadi AD. Do Medical Students Experience
Writing Anxiety While Learning English as a Foreign Language?
Psychol Res Behav Manag 2020;
13:883-893. [PMID:
33162759 PMCID:
PMC7610028 DOI:
10.2147/prbm.s276448]
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Abstract
Aim
The study examines English Foreign Language (EFL) writing anxiety among medical students in terms of the levels, types, and causes of writing anxiety.
Methods
This study is a cross-sectional study consisting of 684 first-year medical students from Jordanian universities. The participants responded to an online survey consists of Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) and Causes of Writing Anxiety Inventory (CWAI), 15 of whom were invited for semi-structured interviews.
Results
The results reveal that the participants experience a high level of writing anxiety, with cognitive anxiety as its dominant type. As for the main causes of writing anxiety, they are linguistic difficulties, insufficient writing practice, low self-confidence in writing, and fear of writing tests. The findings from qualitative data obtained from semi-structured interviews reinforce the results of quantitative data.
Conclusion
The study sheds light on the problems of English Foreign Language writing anxiety and raises awareness of language teachers and syllabus designers.
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