ANALYZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIVATION, ANXIETY AND WRITING PERFORMANCES AMONG EFL STUDENTS

Vita Aqidatul Izzah

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This article explores the relationship between motivation and writing performance, as well as anxiety and writing performance among English students at the University of Islam Malang in the eighth semester. The research approach used was quantitative with a correlational design. Participants were recruited using convenience sampling, with a total sample size of 65 students. Data were collected through the Academic Writing Motivation Questionnaire (AWMQ) by Payne (2012), the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) by Cheng (2004), and writing score. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS version 25. The results showed that students' motivation tended to be moderate, with a mean score of 3.34, anxiety levels were low, with a mean score of 49.5, and writing performance also tended to be high, with a mean score of 83.48. Using correlation analysis, the researcher found that there is a positive correlation between motivation and writing performance, and a negative correlation between anxiety and writing performance. This indicates that the higher the motivation and the lower the anxiety, the better the students' writing performance tends to be.

Keywords: Motivation, anxiety, writing performance, EFL students 


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