Article "Psychology and EFL Writing"

Ayu Rina Dwi Utari
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80th article

"Psychology and EFL Writing"

This research focuses on exploring the writing attitudes, apprehension, and self-efficacy beliefs of Saudi learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) and understanding the relationship between these components and writing competence in English. The subjects were 145 Saudi female undergraduates of English in three higher education institutions. The instruments used in the study comprised two questionnaires and two essays. Relevant statistical tests were performed. The results also showed that none of the three psychological variables correlated with or predicted the writing competence of the subjects.