@Article{, title={Writing Apprehension among EFL Undergraduate Iraqi Students}, author={Nahida Taha Majeed and Mahmood Ahmed Ali and Ala'a Ali Hasan}, journal={journal of Language Studies مجلة بحوث اللغات}, volume={1}, number={4}, pages={141-160}, year={2018}, abstract={This study is an attempt to find out 1.the average of EFL university students' achievement in writing.2. Whether there are any significant differences between male students' mean scores and that female students' in achievement of writing. and 3. whether there are any significant differences in the mean scores of students of the University of Tikrit ,College of Education for Human Sciences(CEHS) and College of Education for Women (CEW) and the University of Samara', College of Education (CE) in achievement of writing .This study is an attempt to find out 1.the average of EFL university students' achievement in writing.2. Whether there are any significant differences between male students' mean scores and that female students' in achievement of writing. and 3. whether there are any significant differences in the mean scores of students of the University of Tikrit ,College of Education for Human Sciences(CEHS) and College of Education for Women (CEW) and the University of Samara', College of Education (CE) in achievement of writing . These aims are supposed to be achieved through testing the following hypotheses.1. The average of Iraqi EFL University students' is within the theoretical mean scores, in achievement of writing.2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of male students' and that of female students' in achievement of writing.3. There are no statistically significant differences in the mean scores of students' of the University of Tikrit, College of Education for Human Sciences (CEHS) and College of Education for Women (CEW) and that of the University of Samara', College of Education(CE)in achievement of writing. In order to verify the hypotheses of the current study and achieve its aims, two instruments, i.e. a questionnaire and an achievement test have been constructed for data collection. The questionnaire includes thirty items and distributes to the EFL students at the University of Tikrit (CEHS) and (CEW) and those of the University of Samara' (CE) in order to assess students' apprehension of writing. While, the test is used to assess students' achievement of writing the two instruments have been applied to a sample of 109 EFL fourth year University students.The study ends up with a number of conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for further studies.

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