Author(s)

Yingxin Li ¹, Xinyue Cai ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Foreign Studies, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
² School of Foreign Studies, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China

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ABSTRACT

As an important aspect of second language learning, foreign language writing anxiety has attracted widespread attention from experts and scholars at home and abroad, and the relevant research are abundant. This paper summarizes the current research situations of foreign language writing anxiety at home and abroad by reviewing the relevant papers in the past 15 years. It mainly concerns four aspects:  research on the writing anxiety scale, the relationship between foreign language writing anxiety and writing outcomes, self-regulation strategies and teacher's intervention. Besides, the paper further discusses the existing problems and shortcomings in order to provide reference for future research on foreign language writing anxiety.

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Yingxin Li, Xinyue Cai, A Review of Research on Foreign Language Writing Anxiety. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2023) Vol. 6: 85-91. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2023.061613.

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