JoLIE 11:1/2018 THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WRITING ANXIETY, MOTIVATION FOR ENGLISH LEARNING AND SELF-REPORTED ENGLISH SKILLS Azamat Akbarov Busan University of Foreign Studies, Busan, South Korea Hakan Aydoğan Independent Researcher, Malatya, Turkey Abstract The present study attempts to shed light on the relationships between English learning motivation, English writing anxiety, and self-reported overall English competencies along with English writing skills. A sample of 100 Turkish students at tertiary level of education (Nmales = 42, Nfemales = 58) participated in this study. The results revealed strong positive and statistically significant correlations between the dimensions of motivation and self-reported English competencies. In contrast, the dimensions of motivation and self-reported English competencies/skills were in strong negative and statistically significant correlations with participants’ English writing anxiety levels. Statistically significant gender differences (in favour of males) were solely found in the case of self-reported English competence. Additionally, the levels of instrumental, resultative, and intrinsic orientation were significantly higher compared to integrative orientation. Future directions, contributions, and implications of this study were highlighted as well. Key words: English as a foreign language (EFL); Motivation; Writing anxiety; Gender differences. 1 Introduction With recent increased attention to multilingualism and foreign language learning, today these phenomena are studied and explored in various linguistic disciplines. A large number of terms and fields of research shows that the study is gradually emerging as a new discipline, although the field would benefit from more common terms (Akbarov 2018). And motivation is one of the main reasons for learners’ needs. Motivation is among the most studied variables relevant to educational sciences. As such, it is also interesting for scholars who want to explore English learning context (especially where English is taught as a foreign or second