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The effects of ESL student's Attitude on academic writing apprehensions and academic writing challenges

The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of ESL First year students’ attitudes on academic writing, writing apprehensions and challenges of academic writing from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). A total number of 27 students were participated in this study. For the data collectio...

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Main Authors:	Akhtar, Rubina, Hassan, Hanita, Saidalvi, Aminabibi
Format:	Article
Published:	Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93489/ http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I5/PR2020247
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spelling	my.utm.934892021-11-30T08:28:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93489/ The effects of ESL student's Attitude on academic writing apprehensions and academic writing challenges Akhtar, Rubina Hassan, Hanita Saidalvi, Aminabibi LB Theory and practice of education The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of ESL First year students’ attitudes on academic writing, writing apprehensions and challenges of academic writing from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). A total number of 27 students were participated in this study. For the data collection, Writing Apprehensions Test (WAT) was developed and adapt from a test designed by (Daly & Miller, 1975). The questionnaire items were divided into three categories, first is on general students’ attitude towards academic writing, second focus on students’ academic writing apprehension and last academic writing challenges. The outcomes of this study indicate that academic challenges are the main cause for the students to be apprehensive towards writing. In addition, most importantly students’ negative attitude towards academic writing results in lack of interest towards academic writing. However, the findings show that most students are aware of the importance of ESL writing and its requirements. Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020 Article PeerReviewed Akhtar, Rubina and Hassan, Hanita and Saidalvi, Aminabibi (2020) The effects of ESL student's Attitude on academic writing apprehensions and academic writing challenges. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (5). pp. 5404-5412. ISSN 1475-7192 http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I5/PR2020247
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description	The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of ESL First year students’ attitudes on academic writing, writing apprehensions and challenges of academic writing from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). A total number of 27 students were participated in this study. For the data collection, Writing Apprehensions Test (WAT) was developed and adapt from a test designed by (Daly & Miller, 1975). The questionnaire items were divided into three categories, first is on general students’ attitude towards academic writing, second focus on students’ academic writing apprehension and last academic writing challenges. The outcomes of this study indicate that academic challenges are the main cause for the students to be apprehensive towards writing. In addition, most importantly students’ negative attitude towards academic writing results in lack of interest towards academic writing. However, the findings show that most students are aware of the importance of ESL writing and its requirements.
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