"The Correlation Between Students’ Writing Anxiety And The Use Of Writing Assessment Rubrics"

Abstract:

• If students are expected to write well, writing anxiety can arise. 
• Teachers can provide rubrics to students to help them minimize their writing anxieties. 
• The present study sought to determine the prevalence of students’ second language writing anxiety and their use of writing assessment rubrics by students, as well as their correlation. 
• This research was conducted in critical reading and writing classes at Sanata Dharma University in Indonesia. 
• This study involved seventy-three students. To collect the data, the researchers used two methods, namely the second language writing anxiety inventory (slwai), and the students’ use of the writing assessment rubric questionnaire. 
• The results were statistically evaluated using spss. Both students’ anxiety about second language writing and their use of writing assessment rubrics were at a moderate level, according to the results. 
• The two variables also showed a negative strong correlation (r=0.704), which indicated that the use of writing rubrics before publication reduced students’ writing anxiety. 
• Students are expected to have a good writing record as writing is a useful visual skill that aids communication and intellectual development (Nunan, 2015). However, many language learners find that writing is difficult and frustrates them (Graham, Harris & Mason, 2005). 
• The difficult part of writing, according to al-Sawalha, Salem, and Foo (2012), is the process of generating, organizing, and putting ideas into the written word. Moreover, language learners must also have lexical and syntactical skills to provide the writing service to the readers (bayat, 2014). 
• Writing in a foreign language is even more difficult than writing in the first language (Gilmore, 2009). 
• Grammar and vocabulary, among other things, have become the most difficult parts of writing, according to foreign language learners (pasaribu, 2016). It can cause fear because writing in a foreign language and using writing assessment Rubrics, writing style practices during exams.