Investigating EFL pre-service teachers’ writing anxiety

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the level of writing anxiety of EFL pre-service teachers and the types of their writing anxiety. A case study is used in this study. There were ten students who participated in this research. To obtain data, questionnaires and interviews were used. The results showed that most of the participants were at a low level of writing anxiety, namely 59.625%, most were at a moderate level, namely 26.5%, and a few were at a high level, namely 13.5%. Based on the results of the interviews, it was found that majority of the participants encountered cognitive anxiety. Thus, the teacher should encourage them to be confidents with their writing ability.