A Study on Writing Anxiety of EFL Learners in Senior High Schools : A Case of Wenjiang No.2 Middle School

As a language output skill, writing is the focus and difficulty in English learning, so it has always attracted the attention of researchers. However, there is not much research on English writing anxiety of high school students. This paper uses questionnaires to survey 80 students in grade one in Wenjiang No. 2 Middle School in Chengdu to probe into two questions: (l)What is the general degree of writing anxiety of Chinese senior high school students? (2) Are there any differences in the degree of English writing anxiety between the high-level students and low-level students? According to the analysis of data, senior high school students exhibit a moderate degree of English writing anxiety, with respectively the highest being avoidance behavior and the lowest somatic anxiety among three dimensions, and high-level students experience lower English writing anxiety than low-level ones. Based on the analysis and discussion of the two questions above, this paper puts forward suggestions on alleviating English writing anxiety of high school students and points out the limitations of the research and the direction of future research.