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conversation between the researcher and the respondents. Then the researcher summarized the data. The researcher provided four questions as the main
questions for the interview and chose two students to be interviewed. The researcher wrote the transcription of the interviews to present clearer data. On the
other hand, the factors which influenced students’ writing anxiety and to what extent five-
minute freewriting could reduce students’ writing anxiety were explained clearly.
F. Research Procedures
In this study, there are four steps in conducting this research. The steps are 1 Planning, 2 Defining the Population, 3 Gathering the Data, and 4
Analyzing the Data.
1. Planning
At the beginning, the researcher found a problem related to education especially in ELESP Sanata Dharma University. Then the researcher formulated
two research questions which are the factors which influence students’ writing
anxiety and to what extent five-minut e freewriting can reduce students’ writing
anxiety in Paragraph Writing class. The researcher also read some literature related to the problems, they are some theories about writing, anxiety, writing
anxiety, EFL students, and freewriting.
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2. Defining the Population
The researcher focused on the students in Class D second semester of ELESP Sanata Dharma University who took Paragraph Writing. The researcher
distributed the questionnaire to all of the students. At the end, the researcher interviewed 2 students out of 30 students in Class D randomly.
3. Gathering the Data
In order to gather the data, the researcher distributed the questionnaire on April 13
th
, 2015. The researcher distributed the questionnaire to all of Paragraph Writing students. In order to avoid the distraction in the teaching and learning
process, the researcher distributed the questionnaire after the class. The participants filled the questionnaire directly after the class in order to limit the
time. After getting all the questionnaires, the researcher started to analyze the data. The researcher also interviewed 2 students out of 30 students to clarify the
result of questionnaire data.
4. Analyzing the Data Result
The last step of the research procedure is analyzing and interpreting the data from two previous steps; distributing questionnaire and interviewing
students. The result of data interpreting and analyzing was stated as a conclusion of the research. After all of the procedures were done, the researcher presented the
result in the Chapter IV.
