e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society)
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2022)

IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTY IN WRITING EXPOSITORY ESSAY

Fahmi Rizaldi (English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty Tadulako University, Indonesia)
Mukrim Mukrim (English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty Tadulako University, Indonesia)
Hastini Hastini (English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty Tadulako University, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2023

Abstract

This study aims to identify English Education Study Program students’ writing problems and how they solve them in expository essays. Whether the problems that occurred may the students solve or not. The subjects of this research were 8 students of English Education Study Program. The research was a case study approach by applied qualitative. The instruments used to collect the data were tests and interviews. The result of data analysis showed that students struggle with generating ideas, vocabulary grammatical elements such as tenses, subject-verb agreement, spelling, and sentence structure while writing in English. To overcome those problems, students browsed on the internet to find other references, Grammarly to correct grammatical errors, and an electronic dictionary to translate Indonesian terms into English Terms. This implies that the students need to work on selecting the appropriate language for the subject of their writing.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elts

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) is an electronic open-access journal that aims to publish the latest research results in the area of English education from academicians, professionals, and other practitioners at all levels of English education. The journal coverage includes the ...