The study investigated the relationship between English writing anxiety and English proficiency of Chinese college students. A total of 149 college students participated in the study. Research data was collected through a writing anxiety test and the final course scores of writing classes. In order to address assess writing anxiety, three factors(Negative perception about writing ability, Fear of evaluation, and Avoidance of writing in English) were examined. The results found that Chinese college students were highly apprehensive in the process of English writing, and the Negative perception about the writing ability was a most important and significant component of their writing anxiety. It also found that there was a significant correlation between the writing anxiety and the final English writing score, and it also provided evidence that self- perception about the writing ability had the strongest relationship with the writing performance. Students who are not interested in taking more advanced English writing classes were more anxiety than the participant who were willing to enroll the courses.
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