Correlation Studies on Tolerance of Ambiguity,Writing Performance and Writing Strategies

Tolerance of ambiguity is learners' acceptance degree facing strange fuzzy,the phenomenon of language or the cognitive system against their own the information in learning process.Subjects in this study were 360 non-English majors from XX University,the questionnaires of the Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale(SLTAS) and EFL Writing Strategy Scale(EFLWSS) are the major instruments in this quantitative research.Then statistical analyses were conducted with SPSS17.0 software.There was no significant correlation between tolerance of ambiguity and writing performance.The students with the middle level of TOA gain higher writing scores than those with high TOA and low TOA.High TOA learners tend to use memory strategies,metacognitive strategies.Middle TOA learners tend to use affective strategies.Low TOA learners tend to use cognitive strategies,compensation strategies and social strategies.