A Cognitive Load –Based Program to Develop Student Teachers′ EFL Argumentative Writing and Reduce Apprehension

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Introduction
Writing is one of the four language skills that help learners to express their ideas and intentions to readers in a written form. There are different forms of writing such as expository, descriptive, narrative and argumentative. Argumentative writing is considered the most complex genre of writing. This is because it involves several sub-tasks such as stating a clear claim, using  logical and clear evidence to support the argument, stating counterargument, developing refutation, writing a good conclusion and  addressing  conventions of grammar, mechanics and style. This imposes great difficulties on EFL learners at the cognitive and affective levels of writing