An Empirical Study on Alleviating Career English Writing Anxiety through Cooperative Learning in a Chinese Polytechnic Institute

Autor/in	Jiang, Dongmei
Titel	An Empirical Study on Alleviating Career English Writing Anxiety through Cooperative Learning in a Chinese Polytechnic Institute
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 5 (2016) 1, S.173-182 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Writing Apprehension; Cooperative Learning; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Pretests Posttests; Interviews; Writing Improvement; Teaching Methods; Writing Achievement; Writing Assignments; Writing (Composition); Experimental Groups; Comparative Analysis; College Students; Higher Education; Anxiety; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperatives Lernen; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Angst
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning on writing anxiety alleviation through a pre-test/post-test assessment. 120 EFL learners from a Chinese polytechnic institute were assigned into two groups: one experimental (cooperative writing) and the other comparison (solitary writing). Results revealed that cooperative learning facilitated mutual assistance among group members,received wide welcome from learners at different levels, reduced their foreign language writing anxiety and increased their writing competence greatly. Interviews were also carried out to probe further how cooperative learning helped to improve learners' psychological health and increase their participation in the writing class. The results are discussed in light of Social Interdependence Theory, relative research on writing anxiety and cooperative learning together with certain local elements. Suggestions are made on how to strengthen group cooperation and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of cooperative learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01