The effect of genre-based instruction on foreign language writing anxiety

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Öz Please fill up the following information accurately. (Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. The effect of genre-based instruction on foreign language writing anxiety The present study aimed to find out if Genre-Based Writing Instruction had an effect on learners’ Foreign Language Writing Anxiety levels. The research setting was a compulsory English Literature course in an English Language Teaching (ELT) department, in which a writing module adopting a Genre-Based Approach was integrated with the aim of teaching the literary analysis essay as a genre. The participants of the study were 78 2nd year undergraduate students of ELT who were taking the course. The study employed an Embedded Mixed Methods Design and Writing Anxiety was measured by means of the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory. The scale was adapted to the research context using the data obtained from 153 participants from the same context, who would not participate in the intervention study. 3 measurements before (Week 1), during (Week 7) and after (Week 12) the intervention were taken from the participants for comparisons. The perceptions of the participants were also sought for by means of interview sessions. Since the quantitative data was found to have been both normally distributed and spherical, a One-Way Repeated Measures of ANOVA was administered to reveal if there was any change in the Writing Anxiety levels of the participants. Pairwise comparisons were made by means of the Bonferroni Post Hoc criterion. The findings showed that the Genre-Based writing module may have had an effect on the Writing Anxiety levels of the participants as the analyses revealed a declining trend with significant differences among all measurements, indicating small to medium effects. Information about Author(s)* Author 1 Author (Last name, First name) Uzun, Kutay Affiliated institution (University) Trakya University Country Turkey Email address [email protected] & Rank Foreign Languages, LecturerCorresponding author (Yes/No) Write only one corresponding author. Yes Author 2 Author (Last name, First name) Zehir Topkaya, EceAffiliated institution (University) Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart UniversityCountry Turkey Email address [email protected] & Rank English Language Teaching, Associate ProfessorCorresponding author (Yes/No) No Author 3 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No) Author 4 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No)