An Empirical Study on the Influence of PAD Class Teaching Model on English Majors' Writing Anxieties
With 120 English-major freshmen as the subjects,the 16-week empirical study aims to investigate the effects of PAD class in reducing English majors'English writing anxiety.Based on The Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory,the questionnaire shows that English majors'writing anxiety is generally at a middle level.PAD Class model can effectively reduce the general anxiety,including classroom teaching anxiety,conceiving anxiety,and confidence anxiety,but it shows no obvious effect on students'avoidance behavior.Also,PAD Class model has significant influence on students'writing anxiety with different writing levels,especially on those at middle and low levels.
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