A MODIFIED PROCESS WRITING PROCEDURE TO LOWER STUDENTS WRITING ANXIETY
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This study investigated the effectiveness of Modified Process Writing Procedure to lower students writing anxiety and to foster students writing achievement, and the causes of writing anxiety mostly felt by eleventh graders in State Senior High School 2 Pringsewu. This study employed mixed-method approach. The data were obtained from questionnaire, writing test and interview then analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test. The interview data were transcribed to answer the third research question. The findings revealed that Modified Process Writing Procedure is effective to lower students' writing anxiety since the tobt is higher than the tcrit. Regarding the second research question, it revealed that Modified Process Writing Procedure is effective to foster students writing achievement since the tobt is higher than the tcrit. It is also found that the causes mostly felt by the students are linguistic difficulties, low self-confidence in writing, and insufficient writing practice.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur efektifitas penggunaan Modifikasi Prosedur Menulis Berproses untuk menurukan ketakutan menulis siswa dan meningkatkan prestasi menulis siswa, serta mengetahui penyebab ketakutan menulis yang dirasakan oleh siswa kelas 11 di SMAN 2 Pringsewu. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode campuran. Data yang diperoleh dari kuisioner, tes menulis, dan interviu dianalisis menggunakan deskripsi statitistik dan uji t dengan sampel berpasangan. Data interviu ditranskripsi untuk menjawab pertanyaan penelitian nomor tiga. Dari hasil penelitian terbukti bahwa Modifikasi Prosedur Menulis Berproses efektif digunakan untuk menurunkan ketakutan menulis siswa karena nilai t hasil lebih tinggi dari nilai t tabel. Modifikasi Prosedur Menulis Berproses terbukti pula dapat meningkatkan prestasi menulis siswa karena nilai t hasil lebih tinggi dari nilai t tabel. Ditemukan pula bahwa penyebab ketakutan menulis yang paling sering dirasakan siswa yaitu kesulitan linguistik, rendah diri dalam menulis dan kurangnya latihan menulis.
Kata kunci: ketakutan menulis, pendekatan menulis berproses, , prestasi menulis, penyebab ketakutan menulis
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