The Relationship Between the Students’ Anxiety and the Descriptive Writing Skills at the Eight Grade on the Second Semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year

suyatmih; drs. susilo wardoyo, m.pd.;

Rizky Mahasuci Sinaga, 1601055113, The Relationship Between the Students’
Anxiety and the Descriptive Writing Skills at the Eight Grade on the Second
Semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year. A paper, Jakarta: Study Programme of English Education, the School of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka.

The objective of this study was to prove that the relationship between students anxiety and the descriptive writing skill. The methods that were used is quantitative. The population of this study were the eight grade students of SMPN 263 Jakarta. There were 120 students but the writer concludes to choose one class randomly as a sample of the research, that is VIII2 class consists of 31 students. There were two instruments to collect the data: the first instrument was questioner to measure students anxiety, the second instrument is writing test task to measure
the descriptive writing skill.
The research finding showed ro is higher than rt (0.543 > 0.349) it can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. It means that there is a relationship between students’ anxiety ad the descriptive writing skills. After that it can be continued to analyze t significant analysis, the result is to is higher than tt (3.40 > 1.70) it means that Ho is rejected and Hi accepted. It can be concluded there is a significant relationship between students’ anxiety and the descriptive writing skill at the eight grade on the second semester of SMPN 263 Jakarta in the 2019/2020 Academic Year.The purpose of the study was to find the answer of question whether or not the writing aspects in When English Rings a Bell textbook for the eight grade students of junior high school written by Siti Wachidah et al and published by KEMENDIKBUD is conformity or appropriate with the syllabus of 2013 curriculum.
To get the data, the writer chose the writing aspects existing in the English textbook by “Descriptive Comparative” analysis as a method of this study. The instrument of the study was checklist form that contained the three elements of the aspects of writing in 2013 Curriculum, they were: writing objectives, writing materials, and writing media illustration.
After comparing and analyzing the data existing in the textbook, the writer found that the English textbook was in line with the 2013 Curriculum by total percentage for the writing objectives got 83.3%, the writing materials got 100%, and the writing media illustration got 100%. Therefore, the total percentage in the aspect of writing got 94.43%. According to Arikunto’s classification 94.43% can be categorized as good criteria. Finally, it can be interpreted that the writing objectives, materials, and media illustration in When English Rings a Bell textbook for the eight grade students for junior high school has been conformity with the 2013 Curriculum. Therefore, When English Rings a Bell textbook can be used as source of teaching-learning by teachers and students.