焦虑是对外语学习产生重要影响的一类情感因素,外语学习者在听说读写方面都可能存在一定的学习焦虑。关于外语写作焦虑的讨论直到20世纪70年代才开始出现并引起学者们的广泛关注。本文尝试对2004至2013近十年间国内外学者在外语写作焦虑方面的相关研究进行梳理,以期为将来的研究提供文献支持和理论铺垫。 Anxiety is a kind of affective factor that has an important influence on foreign language learning. Foreign language learners may have some learning anxiety in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Discussions on the anxiety of foreign language writing did not begin to emerge until the 1970s and aroused the widespread concern of scholars. This article tries to sort out the related researches on foreign language writing anxiety by domestic and foreign scholars from 2004 to 2013, with a view to providing the literature support and theoretical foundation for future research.