摘要
Writing competence is considered as the most difficult output ability for an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learner to master. This paper offers valuable suggestion for second language learners when considering affective variables in Chinese context. Motivation, especially intrinsic motivation plays an increasingly important role in L2 (Second Language) pre-writing, online writing and post-writing processes; besides, with the hope of this awareness it will help teacher to decide greater language learning tasks, and help students achieve better performances in writing.