Writing Apprehension in Chinese as a First Language

Lee, Sy-Ying; Krashen, Stephen

doi:10.1075/itl.115-116.02lee

Article published In: ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 115/116 (1997) ► pp.27–37

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Writing Apprehension in Chinese as a First Language

Sy-Ying Lee | National Taiwan Ocean University

Stephen Krashen | University of Southern California

Published online: 1 January 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.115-116.02lee

Abstract

First year high school students in Taiwan filled out a questionniare probing their writing anxiety and leisure reading and writing habits in Chinese. A strong relationship was found between reported writing apprehension and frequency of leisure writing, confirming results reported by Daly and associates with North American English-speaking subjects. In addition, there was evidence of a relationship between writing apprehension and frequency of reading, suggesting that those who read more have lower writing apprehension.

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