Exploring efl students’ difficulties in writing descriptive text

Murbarani, Shefira Bella (2024) Exploring efl students’ difficulties in writing descriptive text. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN. K. H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

Mastery of practical writing abilities is increasingly essential for students’ success in the twenty-first century. In the same way, the EFL students in writing, especially in descriptive text. The researcher intended to discover the students' difficulties in writing descriptive text. To reach the aim of this research, the researcher applied the narrative inquiry method with semi-structured interview. This study involved three participants, grade X students at a high school in Pekalongan, Indonesia. The result indicated that they experienced three difficulties in writing descriptive text. To begin, the most psychologically influencing factor when participants write descriptive text is a lack of motivation to write. Second, the linguistic problem is concerned with a lack of grammatical knowledge, incorrect word choice, and phrase patterns that do not take advantage of the readers' focus. At last, there is a cognitive difficulty. In this difficulty, participants struggle to organize sentences into paragraphs that flow together cohesively. Furthermore, before constructing sentences, participants struggle with developing ideas or topics for the descriptive text.

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