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International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development

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ISSN: 2226-6348

English Writing Anxiety among College Non-English Majors in Jiangxi University of Engineering

Ye Tao, Lijiang Yang, Cancan Zhang

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARPED/v11-i1/12238

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College English writing is a very important part of college English class, but for non-English majors, it is inevitable to have anxiety when facing English writing. Therefore, this study adopted a mixed-method to investigate the current situation and analyze the causes of writing anxiety to put forward some suggestions that can alleviate writing anxiety and effectively affect the teaching of second-language writing. The sampling method used in the research is random sampling. A total of 30 non-English majors enrolled in the Jiangxi University of Engineering. It is hoped that the findings of this study can give inspiration to the English writing class for non-English majors.

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In-Text Citation: (Ye et al., 2022)
To Cite this Article: Ye, T., Lijiang, Y., & Cancanv, Z. (2022). English Writing Anxiety among College Non-English Majors in Jiangxi University of Engineering. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 11(1), 1095–1106.