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a study on students' writing anxiety of english study program at fkip unri
The purpose of this research was to examine the levels, types, and causes of writing anxiety among third-year students in the English Study Program at FKIP Universitas Riau. This study used a descriptive quantitative research design and involved 72 sixth-semester students selected through cluster random sampling. The data were collected using a questionnaire adapted from two established instruments: Cheng’s Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI, 2004) and Rezaei and Jafari’s Causes of Writing Anxiety Inventory (CWAI, 2014). The findings of this study revealed that 37.5% of students experienced high levels of writing anxiety, 36.1% experienced moderate anxiety, and 26.4% experienced low anxiety. Furthermore, among the three types of writing anxiety, cognitive anxiety was found to be the most dominant, followed by avoidance behavior and somatic anxiety. Cognitive anxiety included worry about making mistakes, fear of negative evaluation, and lack of confidence in writing ability. Avoidance behavior involved students trying to escape writing tasks, while somatic anxiety referred to physical symptoms like nervousness and tension. The most significant cause of writing anxiety was linguistic difficulties, which accounted for 16.42% of the responses. This includes problems with vocabulary, sentence structure, and mastery of grammar, which are common challenges faced by third-year students. Other contributing factors identified in the study included linguistic difficulties, insufficient writing practice, and time pressure. These findings suggest that writing anxiety is a real issue that affects students’ academic performance, and it should be addressed by creating supportive learning environments, improving writing instruction, and helping students develop confidence in their writing skills
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