| Writing is an important part of English learning and teaching,but the current English writing teaching approach adopted by junior high school teachers emphasizes language knowledge while neglecting content knowledge;students have significant writing anxiety in the process of writing.Therefore,in order to help students reduce their English writing anxiety and improve their English writing achievement,effective ways need to be explored.Content and Language Integrated Learning(CLIL)integrates the subject content knowledge teaching and foreign language teaching.Students learn the language in the process of content learning and learn the content in the process of language learning.This study applies CLIL to junior high school English writing teaching and attempts to answer three questions:(1)What are the effects of the CLIL on Junior high school students’ English writing anxiety?(2)What are the effects of the CLIL on Junior high school students’ English writing achievement,especially on the content,language,and organization of writing?(3)What is the relationship between students’ writing anxiety and writing achievement in CLIL writing teaching?In this study,two eighth-grade classes of similar level in a high school in Shaanxi Province,with a total of 98 students,participated in a 12-week writing teaching experiment.In the experimental class,CLIL was used,while in the control class,the traditional product approach was used.Research instruments include the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory and writing tests.Data on students’ writing anxiety level and writing achievement before and after the experiment were analyzed using SPSS.The results show that:(1)CLIL writing teaching is helpful to alleviate students’ anxiety;(2)CLIL contributes to the improvement of junior high school students’ writing achievement,especially in content,language,and organization;(3)In CLIL teaching,students’ English writing anxiety is negatively related to their writing achievement.This study provides some insights into the English writing teaching in junior high schools and into alleviating students’ English writing anxiety,but there are also some limitations that need further discussion and research in the future. |
