Factors Contributing to Indonesian EFL Learners’ Anxiety to Write in Digital Environment

Abstract

 This study aims at investigating to know the factor distributing which is causes writing anxiety to Indonesian EFL learners in digital environment. This study described the main factors of writing anxiety of Indonesian EFL learners. 319 students from secondary school until university participated in this study. There were 288 female students and 31 male students. A questionnaire Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) by Cheng (2004) was adapted to collect the data. The study findings showed that there was significant correlation for each types writing anxiety. Cognitive Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety (r = .632, p < .01), Cognitive Anxiety and Avoidance Behavior (r = .533, p < .01), and Somatic Anxiety and Avoidance Behavior (r = .597, p < .01). These results showed that the cognitive anxiety becomes the highest in writing anxiety such as fear to be evaluated, fear of negative comments, and fear to get low score.