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Writing is one of important skill in English, by mastering writing skill students can comunicate and  express their opinions or ideas to other. However, One of the obstacles in writing is  Writing anxiety. Writing anxiety is also often experienced by students, especially when learning to write a second language or English. Therefore, this study aimed to investigates the type of anxiety, the solution to overcome writing anxiety in EFL and the ways to develop writing skill in EFL. This study employed siystematic review method which is made in a systematic and planned manner. It was found that the cognitive and somatic anxiety were the common type of anxiety faced by EFL students ( n =11). Giving positive feedback and making a group work were an effective and easy ways to overcome the writing anxiety of EFL ( n =4) . In addition, this study also found the effective ways to improve EFL writing skill by using three dimension : accuracy, complexity and fluently (n =2). Teacher plays important role during writing in the classroom. If teacher can maximize their role to create enjoy class, give positive feedback to the students and apply three dimension method, it helps students to reduce writing anxiety and improved their writing skill which is beneficial in their future life.

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Writing Anxiety English as a Foreign Language Writing Skill

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Irawati, D., Lubis, E., & Julia Nur Anisa, S. A. . (2022). Writing Anxiety in EFL and How to Improve The Writting Skill. Journal of Learning and Instructional Studies, 2(1), 16–27. https://doi.org/10.46637/jlis.v2i1.22
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