Writer / NIM
MUSDHALIFA MUSLIMA BAMBELA / 321416011
Study Program
S1 - PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
Advisor 1 / NIDN
Prof. NONNY BASALAMA, MA, Ph.D. / 0010036804
Advisor 2 / NIDN
- YUSNA BANTULU, S.Pd., M.A / 0004117804
Abstract
Musdhalifa Muslima Bambela, 2022. "An Analysis of Students Difficulties in Developing Argumentative Essay " English Department, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. The First Advisor is Prof. Dra. Nonny Basalama, M.A., Ph.D and the second Advisor is Yusna Bantulu, S.Pd., M.A
This study aimed to explore the students' difficulties in developing argumentative essay in Writing for Academic Purposes Subject in English Department, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. The participants of this research were the students of class C that consist of 8 students at the 5th semester in academic year 2019/2020. The research was used a qualitative method that the data were obtained from semi structure interview. This study was also used Braun and Clarke (2006) theory as the technique of analyzing the data. Therefore, the questions of interview was adapted and developed from Cresswell (2002). The research findings showed that students are still facing difficulties when they are writing argumentative essay even they already passed the material. Besides, the students have various difficulties such as determining the topic, using academic word, collecting data and information. Further, some students are also lack of understanding about how to write an essay.
Keywords: Students'Difficulties, Argumentative Essay
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