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标题：The Impact of Writing Anxiety, Writing Achievement Motivation, Writing Self-Efficacy and Reading Habits on Pakistani Undergraduate English Major Students’ Writing Performance
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作者：Abdul Majeed ; Abdul Khalique Khoso ; Mansoor Ali Darazi 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：4
页码：997-1018
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I4.132
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：The purpose of this empirical study was to explore the effects of writing anxiety, writing achievement motivation, self-efficacy and reading habits on Pakistani undergraduate English major students’ writing performance. The data for present study were collected from n=300 Pakistani undergraduate students. Moreover, the population of current study was students of department of English at three public sector universities of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Moreover, the data for this study were collected by employing simple random sampling technique using survey questionnaire and proficiency writing test. The data screening was done using SPSS v.22 and the data were analyzed through SPSS v.22 by employing descriptive statistics and correlation analysis techniques, one way ANOVA, Tukey’s multiple comparison test and multiple regression. The results of the study revealed that writing anxiety had a negative impact on Pakistani undergraduate English Major Students’ writing performance, while writing achievement motivation, writing self –efficacy and reading habits had positive impact on student’s writing performance. The findings of the study have important implications for ESL teachers, curriculum designers and material developers in ESL/EFL context at higher education level in Pakistan.
关键词：Undergraduate ESL students;writing anxiety;writing achievement motivation;writing self- efficacy;reading habits;writing performance