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EFL Students’ Anxiety in Writing Scientific Papers for Publication: Levels and Types Rahmawati, Olga Sintya; Hartono, Hartono; Nugroho, Kurniawan Yudhi
Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research Vol 5, No 2 (2024): December 2024
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sultan Agung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30659/jamr.5.2.133-143

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In recent years, some universities have required their students to publish scientific papers as one of the graduation requirements. These scientific papers can be in the form of articles published in scientific journals or in proceedings. Several factors affect the success of students in writing these scientific papers. One of them is writing anxiety. The study aims to investigate EFL students’ writing anxiety when writing scientific papers. The respondents were English Education and English Literature Study Program students (N=61). The data were collected with a questionnaire. The study found that the students have a moderate level of writing anxiety. The mean score of anxiety is 61.82, indicating a moderate level of writing anxiety. Somatic anxiety score ranged from 8.00 to 35.00, with a mean of 20.10 and a standard deviation of 5.29, while avoidance anxiety showed a mean of 17.80 with a standard deviation of 4.10. Cognitive anxiety scores ranged from 17.00 to 36.00, with a mean of 23.92. This was the highest mean score, followed by somatic anxiety, with avoidance being the least prevalent. The results of this study show that the majority of EFL students experience significant levels of anxiety when writing scientific papers for publications, and the three types of anxiety, namely cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and avoidance behavior, play roles in the general level of writing anxiety. Implications of these findings suggest that educational institutions should provide academic support, particularly in helping students develop effective strategies to manage cognitive anxiety and improve topic selection processes, which could lead the students to enhance their writing performance and have a greater likelihood of successful publication.
The Students’ Perception on the Use of QuillBot in Improving Writing Nafisah, Luthfiyatun; Hartono, Hartono; Nugroho, Kurniawan Yudhi; Maharani, Mega Mulianing
Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research Vol 6, No 2 (2025): December 2025
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sultan Agung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30659/jamr.6.2.126-138

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Writing is not an easy task. Students often have difficulties in writing articles or essays. Many students experience difficulties in grammar and in choosing the correct words to express meaning. Today artificial intelligence-based tools are available to be used to help students in writing. One of them is QuillBot. That digital tool is popular among students nowadays. This research investigates EFL students’ perception in the use of QuillBot to improve their writing. It adopts a mixed-method research design. The respondents of this study were 30 students of an English Education Study Program at a university in Semarang in the 5th semester and 7th semester. The quantitative data collected by giving questionnaire to the respondents while the qualitative data collected through doing semi-structured interviews with five students. The quantitative data was analyzed quantitatively using SPSS, while the qualitative data was analyzed by qualitative thematic analysis. The results of this research from the quantitative data shows that most of students gave positive responses that QuillBot greatly helps them in improving writing skill. Although, some students also use other AI and not make QuillBot as the first choice when it comes to writing, they still use QuillBot but not frequently. Moreover, the interviews confirm the quantitative data that the digital tool is indeed beneficial to use by students. The benefits of using QuillBot are improve grammar skill, enhance vocabulary, improve organizing text skill, more time efficient and give emotional support such as make them more confident in writing. Those aspects are matter to assist students master writing skill.