Writing Apprehension among EFL Undergraduate Iraqi Students
Nahida Taha Majeed
Sudan University for Sciences and Technology
Mahmood Ahmed Ali
Sudan University for Sciences and Technology
Ala'a Ali Hasan
Sudan University for Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.1.4.8
Keywords: -Women -CEW -Significant -EFL -Recommendations
Abstract
This study is an attempt to find out 1.the average of EFL university
students' achievement in writing.2. Whether there are any significant differences
between male students' mean scores and that female students' in achievement of
writing. and 3. whether there are any significant differences in the mean scores of
students of the University of Tikrit ,College of Education for Human Sciences(CEHS)
and College of Education for Women (CEW) and the University of Samara', College
of Education (CE) in achievement of writing .
This study is an attempt to find out 1.the average of EFL university students'
achievement in writing.2. Whether there are any significant differences between male
students' mean scores and that female students' in achievement of writing. and 3.
whether there are any significant differences in the mean scores of students of the
University of Tikrit ,College of Education for Human Sciences(CEHS) and College of
Education for Women (CEW) and the University of Samara', College of Education
(CE) in achievement of writing .
These aims are supposed to be achieved through testing the following hypotheses.
1. The average of Iraqi EFL University students' is within the theoretical mean scores, in
achievement of writing.
2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of male
students' and that of female students' in achievement of writing.
3. There are no statistically significant differences in the mean scores of students' of the
University of Tikrit, College of Education for Human Sciences (CEHS) and College of
Education for Women (CEW) and that of the University of Samara', College of Education(CE)in
achievement of writing.
In order to verify the hypotheses of the current study and achieve its aims, two
instruments, i.e. a questionnaire and an achievement test have been constructed for data
collection. The questionnaire includes thirty items and distributes to the EFL students at the
University of Tikrit (CEHS) and (CEW) and those of the University of Samara' (CE) in order to
assess students' apprehension of writing. While, the test is used to assess students' achievement
of writing the two instruments have been applied to a sample of 109 EFL fourth year University
students.
The study ends up with a number of conclusions, recommendations and
suggestions for further studies.
