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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL STATE AND WRITING COMPETENCE
This study focused on the relationship between students’ emotional state and their writing competence. This study aimed to find out whether or not there was a significant relationship/correlation between students’ emotional state and writing competence. The population of this study was all students of English education study program of Sriwijaya University. The sample consisted 63 students in the 8th semester. The data of this study were collected by administering a questionnaire of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-SF) to assess the emotional state and writing test to know students’ writing competence. Spearman Rank correlation was used to measure the relationship between emotional state and writing competence. The correlation coefficient or r-obtained (-.117) was lower than the r-table (.331). Then, the ρ-value (.359) was higher than .05. It means that there was no significant relationship between emotional state and writing competence. Therefore, emotional state is not the factor that affects students’ writing achievement.
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