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Writing Anxiety Among Indonesian EFL University Students

Authors
Kurniasih1, 2, *, Bambang Yudi Cahyono1, Utari Praba Astuti1, Nunung Suryati1
1Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
2Universitas Islam Malang, Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: kurniasih@unisma.ac.id
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Kurniasih
Available Online 18 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
writing anxiety; types of anxiety; EFL students; academic level
Abstract

This study explores the distribution of writing anxiety experienced by Indonesian EFL university students. More specifically, it compares writing anxiety levels of EFL undergraduate sophomore and junior groups. A total of 303 EFL university students were involved in this study. It consists of 141 sophomores and 162 junior students. A 22-item of Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) developed by Cheng (2004) was used to find out the levels and types of anxiety. The result showed that the majority of students for both levels faced high anxiety with a mean score of 73.88 (sophomores) and 72.42 (juniors). Further statistical analysis using an independent sample t-test indicated that there is no significant difference in the level of anxiety of both groups. In terms of the types of anxiety, sophomores and juniors faced three types of anxiety, namely avoidance behavior, somatic anxiety, and cognitive anxiety. Cognitive anxiety obtained the highest mean score for both groups; 26.11 for sophomores and 25.78 for juniors. The study demonstrated students’ writing anxiety in English writing which was influenced by their concern about others’ perceptions of their writing. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research were also given in this study.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 May 2023
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978-2-38476-054-1
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2352-5398
DOI
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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