مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 8, Numéro 3, Pages 106-116
2023-10-31

Gender-based Differences In The Algerian Efl Learners’ Writing Anxiety. Case Study Of Efl Students At The Department Of English, Bejaia University

Authors : Boubekka Souad . Maouche Salima .

Abstract

Because EFL writing is challenging and difficult, most EFL learners fail to meet the communicative and the linguistic expectations of the instructors. Researchers have proven that foreign language anxiety is always associated with productive skills such as writing. Therefore, the present study aims at deepening the understanding of writing anxiety through approaching its link with the learners' gender. In pursuance of this aim, exploratory design was adopted. 29 EFL students at the University of Bejaia participated in the study. Data were collected from a second language writing anxiety inventory (SLWAI) developed by Cheng (2004). The findings reveal that EFL learners at Bejaia University have a moderate level of writing anxiety. Besides, there is no statistically significant difference in writing anxiety between males and females.

Keywords

Anxiety ; anxiety inventory ; gender ; second language anxiety ; writing anxiety