ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy)
Vol 7 No 1 (2022): ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy)

STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPHS OF ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

Riyen Permata (Universitas Mahaputra Muhammad Yamin)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Jan 2022

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the grammatical problems found in students’ argumentative essays. The type of research used was descriptive research and the data source of this research was argumentative essays written by English Department students. Research data were collected by giving writing assignments and coding sheets. The collected data were grouped based on the research objectives, then described and analyzed to get the actual facts. The research findings showed that some of the grammatical problems that were often faced by students in writing argumentative essays were subject-predicate compatibility, verb forms, verb tenses, plural forms, and word formation errors as well as problems in the use of conjunctions, auxiliary modals and the use of personal subjects. In conclusion, the students still do not understand the concept of grammar well, and it will be difficult for them to produce a good argumentative essay.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elp

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy) focuses on teaching English as a Foreign Language and is not limited to the areas of Education and Linguistics in general. This journal encompasses original research articles, review articles, and literature, including: English language teaching and ...