KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Truly Pasaribu, Sanata Dharma University
Students' Writing Anxiety: Causes and Effects of a Moodle-Based Writing Course
Abstract
This study aimed at describing the causes of writing anxiety among Indonesian students in Paragraph Writing Class and the effects of Moodle-based Writing Course on students' writing anxiety. This study employed a descriptive study using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The data were gathered by means of SLWAI (Cheng, 2004), interview sessions, and questionnaires. The result of SLWAI showed that only 3 students (5.8%) experienced low level of writing anxiety. Difficulties in organizing ideas, linguistic difficulties, fear of being evaluated, low self-confidence, lack of writing experience and difficulties in managing time were the factors of anxiety. The questionnaires also revealed that a Moodle-based writing course was beneficial in overcoming writing anxiety. Therefore, it can be one of the considerations in developing students' writing skills.
Biographicals
Truly Pasaribu is teaching English at Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She has taught writing and reading skills for 3 years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and her Master of Arts in Linguistics. Her current research interests include issues related to Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics and technology in education.
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