Peer Response for Academic Writing Beginners:

A Strategy for Dealing with Emotive Difficulties

Abstract

Cooperation with peers could be one of the core strategies for learners to control their own emotions, perceptions, and feelings in the process of academic writing, and while directing themselves towards the completion of academic reports. The results of the questionnaire survey revealed that although academic writing beginners experienced a great deal of anxiety, confidence issues, difficulties, and other negative emotions or feelings while writing reports, they found the writing class that had peer response useful and enjoyable through cooperation with others. This has, in turn, helped them gain confidence in writing reports.