A Survey Of Second Language Writing Anxiety Among Indonesian Efl Students

Abstract

Anxiety is a factor that is often experienced by EFL students in writing English compositions. Furthermore, writing anxiety is categorized into three factors (somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, and avoidance behavior). This study aims to determine the dominant factors that cause students to experience anxiety when writing in English composition. This research was conducted in one of the private universities in Yogyakarta. From the design of the study, this study was surveyed by adapting a questionnaire from Cheng (2004) consisting of 22 items and this study already had 92 participants. The results of this study are that the dominant factor is somatic anxiety, students feel anxious or afraid when writing in English composition. Moreover, the limited time given by the teacher, and time pressure makes students unable to maximize their English composition. Keywords: Anxious, Writing Anxiety, EFL Students