Second Language Anxiety in Academic Writing: A Study of University Graduates in Pakistan

Abstract

The objective of this study is to find out second language anxiety for academic writing in university students of District Peshawar. 182 students as a whole constituted the sample of the study from three Public Sector Universities. Data was collected from the Master/Graduate-level students of social sciences departments by using a questionnaire known as the Writing Apprehension Test developed by John Dally. Data was analyzed using SPSS and descriptive statistics i.e. frequencies, percentages, mean, and Standard Deviation. Overall results of the study show that the sampled students did not suffer from writing anxiety in the second language (English). The main factor was to check the anxiety whereas it was also evidenced that students did face some problems during writing in the second language but their problems did not lead to anxiety.