Puspita, Anggun Guna (2023). An Analysis of The Level of Students’ Anxiety on Their Writing Apprehension. A Thesis. English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah, State Islamic Institute of Kediri (IAIN Kediri). Advisor I: Nur Afifi, M. App. Ling, Advisor II: Dewi Nur Suci, S.S, M.Pd. Keywords: Writing, Anxiety, Writing Apprehension. Since English has been a foreign language in Indonesia, many achievements needed in teaching and learning in school. English as subject material in school has four basic language skills, they are reading,writing,speaking, listening. In learning English as a foreign language, anxiety is a common issue that hinders the students learning process, including writing skills. The anxiety experienced by students in writing is called writing anxiety. The aim of this study is to find out the level of writing anxiety experienced by students in class X-6 at SMAN 1 Prambon and find out teachers strategies to help students overcome their writing anxiety.This study used a qualitative descriptive design with case study. The data were collected through the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) questionnaire by Cheng (2004) and interview was conducted with students of class X-6 to find out the level of students’ anxiety. Interview also was conducted with English teacher to find out the teacher’s strategies to help students overcome their writing anxiety.The result show that there is a high level of writing anxiety in class X-6 students, with factors such as low self-confidence, lack of topical knowledge, language difficulties, pressure of perfect work, and pressure of limited time. Meanwhile, the teacher has several strategies to help students overcome their writing anxiety, such as memorizing vocabulary sessions at every meeting, giving random questions to help students develop their ideas, providing writing exercises with layouts and pictures to practice their writing skills, giving motivation in every assessment, doing ice breaking and playing games.

Puspita , Anggun Guna .   (2023). An Analysis of The Level of Students Anxiety on Their Writing Skills. IAIN Kediri