The Journal of English Literacy Education
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): The Journal of English Literacy Education: The Teaching and Learning of English

STUDENTS’ WRITING ANXIETY AND ITS CORRELATION WITH WRITING PERFORMANCE

Dela Masita Fitrinada (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Bambang A. Loeneto (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Fiftinova (Universitas Sriwijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Sep 2026

Abstract

The present study was aimed at investigating the correlation between students’ writing anxiety and their writing achievement. Eighty five EFL students of English Education Study Program of FKIP at Sriwijaya University in academic year 2016/2017 were selected by using purposive sampling. The study used a quantitative research method of correlational design. The data were collected by distributing writing anxiety questionnaire and a writing test which were analyzed statistically. The results of correlational analysis showed that a fair negative significant correlation between students’ writing anxiety and their writing achievement with r obtained = -.545 and p value -.000. Another finding from this study showed that a significant correlation between each aspect of writing anxiety to writing achievement (somatic anxiety was -.000, avoidance behaviour was -.000, and cognitive anxiey was -.000). Lastly, the contribution of writing anxiety on students’ writing achievement was .297, and it indicated that students’ writing anxiety gave significant effect in the level of 29.7% toward writing achievement.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jele

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

The Journal of English Literacy Education (JELE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia. The journal focuses on research and development in English as a Foreign ...