Writing in English language demands both mental skills and a suitable level of proficiency. Some studies showed that writing anxiety has an impact on the acquisition learning. This study; however, teaches cognitive strategies (PLAY & WRITE) as strategy, so to decrease students’ use it when experiencing at academic level. The sample been (100) second-stage Department learners College Educati...

high levels of mental health during studying in university, makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors they experience. our aim of this study was to examine and compare social anxiety among first to fourth year student nurses of ministry of health affiliated universities of medical sciences located in tehran, iran in 2010. in this descriptive analytic study, 400 students fr...

It is widely reported that expressive writing can improve mental and physical health. However, to date, the neural correlates of expressive writing have not been reported. The current study examined the neural electrical correlates of expressive writing in a reappraisal approach. Three groups of participants were required to give a public speech. Before speaking, the reappraisal writing group w...

This case study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of primary school students and their teacher toward collaborative writing using a wiki technology in a Chinese writing class in China. An online collaborative writing environment named “Joyous Writing Club” (JWC) was designed and developed using a wiki. Participants included 59 primary four students and their Chinese language teacher. T...

This qualitative study aimed at exploring the causes of writing anxiety from an expansive learning perspec- tive. Given the centrality of writing for both EFL learners and teachers, writing anxiety was explored through a longitudinal study spanning two years with 25 EFL learners and teachers who participated by providing comments, diaries, and documents. The participants were also observe...

The Common Core State Standards emphasize students writing analytically in response to texts. Questions remain about the nature of instruction that develops students’ textbased writing skills. In the present study, we examined the role that writing task quality plays in students’ mastery of analytic textbased writing. Textbased writing tasks (N = 149) were collected from 27 fifthgrade teachers ...

Undergraduate design students at London College of Communication were interviewed about the relationship between their writing practice and practice. Gardner’s theory multiple intelligences (1983) framed study. This article takes position that polarizing linguistic (textual) bodily kinaesthetic (visual) forms intelligence itself becomes a barrier to arts students’ epistemological development. T...