Students’ Writing Anxiety Levels, Types, and Causes in Writing Undergraduate Thesis Proposal: A Study at English Language and Literature Department

Khairah, Hanifah Ummul (2022) Students’ Writing Anxiety Levels, Types, and Causes in Writing Undergraduate Thesis Proposal: A Study at English Language and Literature Department. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

Anxiety in recent years has become a hot issue discussed by many people one of them is foreign language anxiety which includes various anxiety in foreign language aspects. In terms of writing, this anxiety is known as writing anxiety. The aim of this research is to describe the level, type and causes of writing anxiety of English language and literature department students at UNP in writing Thesis Proposal. This research used descriptive study involving 70 fourth year students that have already taken Thesis Proposal Writing class and are currently writing their thesis proposals. Through random sampling technique 14 students (20% of the population) were selected. Data were collected through the SLWAI (Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory) questionnaire adapted from Cheng (2004) and interview session. The results showed that students experienced anxiety at the medium level with cognitive anxiety being the most dominant type. Other results are four main factors that cause writing anxiety in writing a thesis proposal. They are low of self-confidence, language difficulties, insufficient writing technique, and pressure for perfect work.

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