The Correlation Between Writing Anxiety and Students' Writing Achievement in Descriptive Text at SMP LTI Indo Global Mandiri Palembang

Writing anxiety is a problem that students experience in writing classes. This anxiety can hinder students' ability to achieve the best understanding in writing. When a student experiences anxiety in writing, they will find it difficult to string sentences well. Therefore, this study aims to see the correlation between writing anxiety and students' writing achievement in grade 8 at SMP LTI IGM Palembang. The research was a quantitative correlation research. With the number of samples of this study were 38 students. Data were collected using the Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) and descriptive writing test. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment correlation and regression analysis were used to determine which correlation and writing anxiety were most influential for students. The results of the analysis showed that there was correlation between writing anxiety and writing achievement with r-obtained (-.364) which was higher than the r-table (.320). Besides, there was types of anxiety does influence the writing achievement the most, namely writing anxiety that most affects writing achievement is avoidance behavior with a standardized coefficient (Beta) of (-.434). Based on the results of this study, it shows that there is a correlation between writing anxiety and students' writing achievement, and there are also type of writing anxiety that influenced students' writing achievement.