چکیده

The present study examined the domains of personality traits and writing anxiety among Iranian EFL learners. To see whether there is any relationship between the two variables. The participants under the study were 80 male and female English learners within the age of 15 to 28. In order to accomplish the purpose of the study, Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) (cheng, 2004) was used to access the participants types of writing anxiety and Big Five Inventory (BFI) ( Jonh and Sirvastava, 1992) was used to investigate the personality traits among Iranian EFL learners. The findings demonstrated the cognitive anxiety as the most common type of anxiety and a negative relationship between the five domains of personality and types of writing anxiety. Additionally, the results of Pearson correlation, indicated that among the component of personality traits, Extroversion showed very weak correlation with somatic anxiety, but there was not any significant relationship between domains of personality traits and writing anxiety among Iranian EFL learners. Based on the findings of the present study and learners personality traits this study offered some implication for practitioners in ELT and EFL learners

کليدواژه ها

Second language writing anxiety, personality traits, Iranian EFL learners, Cognitive anxiety, Somatic anxiety, Avoidance anxiety

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Elahe Sadeghi , 1398 , The relationship between writing anxiety and personality traits among Iranian EFL learners , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي