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Journal : English Language Teaching and Research

Pre-writing Techniques for the Development of Logical Thinking of EFL University Students in Writing Argumentative Essays Peggy Magdalena Jonathans; Utami Widiati
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 3, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : English Language Teaching and Research

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Writing an argumentative essay might put more challenges toEFL low proficient students.  This paper seeks to shed light on the contribution of pre-writing techniques to the development of logical thinking expected in an argumentative essayamong Indonesian EFL university students. With two objectives leading the discussion, the paper suggests pre-planning to construct thinking while simulatenously reading going along with the writing as a source of input. Clustering and outlining, the proposed two pre-writing techniques, are found to facilitate the students’ abstract thinking prior to writing and assist the higher order thinking skill for better writing outcomes. It is suggested that pre-writing techniques should be a regular practice especially for low proficient student writers, with each technique serving different purposes.Keywords:argumentative writing, clustering, outlining, pre-writing techniques