eprintid: 14724 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 3856 dir: disk0/00/01/47/24 datestamp: 2022-06-25 05:26:15 lastmod: 2022-06-30 09:31:57 status_changed: 2022-06-25 05:26:15 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Sinaga, Rizky Mahasuci creators_name: Wardoyo, Susilo title: The Relationship Between the Students’ Anxiety and the Descriptive Writing Skills at the Eight Grade on the Second Semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year ispublished: pub subjects: L subjects: Skripsi divisions: 88203 abstract: The objective of this study was to prove that the relationship between students anxiety and the descriptive writing skill. The methods that were used is quantitative. The population of this study were the eight grade students of SMPN 263 Jakarta. There were 120 students but the writer concludes to choose one class randomly as a sample of the research, that is VIII2 class consists of 31 students. There were two instruments to collect the data: the first instrument was questioner to measure students anxiety, the second instrument is writing test task to measure the descriptive writing skill. The research finding showed ro is higher than rt (0.543 > 0.349) it can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. It means that there is a relationship between students’ anxiety ad the descriptive writing skills. After that it can be continued to analyze t significant analysis, the result is to is higher than tt (3.40 > 1.70) it means that Ho is rejected and Hi accepted. It can be concluded there is a significant relationship between students’ anxiety and the descriptive writing skill at the eight grade on the second semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year. date: 2020 date_type: completed full_text_status: public institution: Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka department: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan thesis_type: bachelor thesis_name: bphil referencetext: Alderson, M., & Anderson, K. (2003). Text Types in English 3. South Yarra Macmillan Education Australia. Brown, H. D. (2000). Principles of language learning and teaching (Vol. 4). New York: Longman. Corbett, E. P. (1983). The Little Rhetoric & Handbook with Readings. Scott, Foresman. Elbow, P. (1998). Writing without teachers. Oxford University Press, USA. Matsumura, L. C., Patthey-Chavez, G. G., Valdés, R., & Garnier, H. (2002). Teacher feedback, writing assignment quality, and third-grade students' revision in lower-and higher-achieving urban schools. The Elementary School Journal, 103(1), 3-25. Huberty, T. J. (2009). Test and performance anxiety. Principal leadership, 10(1), 12-16. Jacobs, H. L. (1981). Testing ESL Composition: A Practical Approach. English Composition Program. Newbury House Publishers, Inc., Rowley, MA 01969. Mish, F. C., & Gilman, E. W. (1991). Webster’s ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster Inc. Ormrod, J. E., Anderman, E. M., & Anderman, L. H. (2016). Educational psychology: Developing learners. Pearson. Rivers, W. M. (2018). Teaching foreign language skills. University of Chicago Press. Scovel, T. (1978). The effect of affect on foreign language learning: A review of the anxiety research. Language learning, 28(1), 129-142. Tompkins, G. E. (1994). Teaching writing: Balancing process and product. Macmillan College. Wyrick, J. (1987). Steps to Writing Well. New York: Rinehart and Winston Zeidner, M. (1998). Test anxiety: the state of the art: Springer Science & Business. citation: Sinaga, Rizky Mahasuci dan Wardoyo, Susilo (2020) The Relationship Between the Students’ Anxiety and the Descriptive Writing Skills at the Eight Grade on the Second Semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year. Bachelor thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka. document_url: http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/14724/1/FKIP_PBI_1601055113_RIZKY%20MAHASUCI%20SINAGA.pdf