The objectives of this study were to find out: (1) the dominant aspect in writing anxiety, (2) correlation between students’ anxiety and their performance, (3) differences male female students twelfth grade Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung. sample was 80 instruments used questionnaire a test. results showed that, cognitive most aspect. There fair significant performance. T-score -0,430 T-table 0,...

The purpose of the present study was to compare writing high achievers and low achievers TEFL (teaching English as foreign language) learners’ writing self-beliefs. Subjects, based on their officially recorded scores on the writing course, were assigned in two 22-member groups of high and low achievers. The adapted English version of Mills’ and Péron’s (2008) questionnaire and the Foreign Langu...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are common, often comorbid, conditions, and Internet support groups for them are well used. However, little rigorous research has been conducted on the outcome of these groups. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an Internet support group in reducing depression and anxiety, and increasing social support and life satisfaction. METHODS A ra...

AIM To explore if writing self-efficacy improved among first-year nursing students in the context of discipline-specific writing. The relationship between writing self-efficacy, anxiety and student grades are also explored with respect to various learner characteristics such as postsecondary experience, writing history, English as a second language status and online versus classroom instruction...