Abstract:
This research is related to the study of writing and listening anxiety to EFL students’
on seventh semester in Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra using the theory
of Cheng for writing anxiety and Kim for listening anxiety. The aim of this research
is to identify the factors that impact writing and listening anxiety and then compare
anxiety levels among EFL students. This research used quantitative research. From a
total of 112 students, researcher used random sampling to take 30 samples using
Sugiono’s theory. A questionnaire has been the data collection instrument used by
researcher. The writing and listening anxiety questionnaire has twenty items. This
research used SPSS 22 to analyze the data with descriptive statistic and paired sample
test. The Writing Anxiety and Listening Anxiety subscales had a balanced score,
based on the data. That is, the research participants experienced all of the factors
stated in each questionnaire. The majority of students were therefore anxious when
writing rather than listening to English. Based on the data, the average student who
had writing anxiety was 3.2333, and the average student who experienced listening
anxiety was 2.4767. Writing anxiety affects up to 16 out of each 30 students, whereas
listening anxiety affects up to 3 out of each 30 students. This is due to students' lack
of confidence in expressing their ideas and their lack of understanding about good
and correct language structures.
