Student-centered writing environments are argued to lower anxiety, increase confidence, and provide natural language contexts¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 1988 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 4 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q1 i? The article argues that methods promoting writing development necessitate student-centered environments which lower anxiety, increase confidence, and provide natural language contexts based on meaningful communication. → Diaz 1988

Evidence¶

Diaz 1988¶

Diaz, Diana M. (1988). First Language/Second Language: Acquisition, Writing, and Cognitive Development. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED294203

q1 · i? · review · r1

The article's concluding synthesis, an authors' interpretation connecting process writing methods to Krashen's Affective Filter and Input hypotheses; no empirical data are reported. It argues these environments have the potential to increase L2 acquisition while facilitating L2 writing acquisition.

"the methods which promote the development of writing necessitate student-centered environments, environments which by thei, nature, lower anxiety, increase levels of confidence, and provide natural language contexts that are base'd on meaningful communication."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it

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