Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2023)

Linking EFL Students' Writing Anxiety to Writing Performance

Authors
Kurniasih1, *, Eko Suhartoyo1, Ganjar Setyo Widodo1, Irham2
1Universitas Islam Malang, Malang, Indonesia
2Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
*Corresponding author. Email: kurniasih@unisma.ac.id
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Kurniasih
Available Online 28 September 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Writing anxiety; Writing performance; EFL students
Abstract

Writing anxiety refers to negative emotions when students are situated in writing activities. Studies have found that negative feelings may hinder students from performing well. Seeing the negative influence of anxiety on performance, this study examines the correlation between writing anxiety and students' writing performance. The participants were sophomore students registered in the essay writing subject. They were recruited using convenience sampling. As many as 43 students from a private university in Indonesia participated in this study. They passed the paragraph writing in the second semester. The data was collected in the essay writing course. SLWAI questionnaire was analyzed using statistical analysis. The descriptive statistics showed that students experience high anxiety, with a mean score of 70.09. Regarding the students' performance, the mean score was 71.77. Furthermore, the analysis using an independent sample t-test revealed that the relationship between writing anxiety and writing performance was insignificant. The significance of this study for teaching purposes and suggestions for further research are also given.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 September 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_3How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Kurniasih
AU  - Eko Suhartoyo
AU  - Ganjar Setyo Widodo
AU  - Irham
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