Journal of Linguistics, Literacy, and Pedagogy
Vol 2, No 1: Mei 2023

Exploring EFL Learners’ Difficulties in Academic Writing: Problem and Solution

Rita Handayani (Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Jun 2023

Abstract

For EFL students at universities, writing an effective paragraph is essential to their academic and eventual professional success. To teach and learn this skill, though, is never easy for either the teacher or the student. This study aims to uncover the challenges that EFL Indonesian university students have while writing an effective paragraph and to propose solutions to those challenges. A qualitative approach to data collecting and analysis was used to accomplish the research objectives, and data was gathered through the paragraph writing exam, questionnaire, and classroom observations. The examination of the students' paragraph writing found that the crucial difficulties encountered by the students in writing a well-developed paragraph were developing the topic phrase (70%), as well as focusing and organizing their thoughts.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JLLP

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of Linguistics, Literacy, and Pedagogy (JLLP) is a biannually electronic journal, published every May and November in online versions by the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher’s Training and Education, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Banten – Indonesia with e-ISSN: ...