Students’ Anxiety in Writing Introduction of Thesis Proposal at Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah Medan

Abstract

Writing is one of the skills in learning English that has to be mastered by students, especially at the tertiary level. Students are hoped to be able to write a thesis proposal, but anxiety obstructs students' thesis proposal writing. Anxiety is a psychological factor that can effected the students' troubles in writing a thesis. Based on the explanation above, this study had a goal to analyse students’ anxiety in writing an introduction of thesis proposal. The anxienty levels, types and causes in writing of thesis proposal were examined. This study was descriptive research which aimed to describe and analyse the existed condition in the field. The subjects of the research were the students at Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al-Washliyah in academic year 2017/2018. The data was carried out through an e-questionnaire and interview. As a result of the study, students’ anxiety in writing introduction of thesis proposal was identified and classified based on several indicators related to the levels (high, moderate, andlow), types (cognitive, somatic, and behaviour avoidance) and causes of anxiety (low self-confidence, self-perception, and lack of knowledge) in writing background of thesis proposal.