English Writing Anxiety among College Non-English Majors in Jiangxi University of Engineering

Abstract

College English writing is a very important part of college English class, but for non-English majors, it is inevitable to have anxiety when facing English writing. Therefore, this study adopted a mixed-method to investigate the current situation and analyze the causes of writing anxiety to put forward some suggestions that can alleviate writing anxiety and effectively affect the teaching of second-language writing. The sampling method used in the research is random sampling. A total of 30 non-English majors enrolled in the Jiangxi University of Engineering. It is hoped that the findings of this study can give inspiration to the English writing class for non-English majors.