STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPHS OF ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
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.
References
Anker, S. (2005). Real Writing Interactive (3rd Edition). Bedford/St.Martin. Boston: MA.
Aydın, B. S. T. (2011). An Analysis of the Grammatical Mistakes Made by Advanced EFL
Writers. e-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 2011, Volume: 6, Number: 2, Article Number: 4C0091. ISSN:1306-3111.
Azar, B. S. (2002). Understanding and Using English Grammar, 2nd Ed. New Jersey: Prentice
Hall Inc.
Bailey, Stephen. (2011). Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students, 3rd Ed.
London: Routledge.
Blaxter. (1996). How to Research. USA: Open University Press.
Gay, L. R. (2009). Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Application. Ihio:
Merril Publishing Company.
Hamed, M. (2014). Conjunctions in Argumentative Writing of Libyan Tertiary
Students. English Language Teaching, 7(3), 108-120.
Hamzah. (2012). An Analysis of the Written Grammatical Errors Produced by Freshmen
Students in English Writing. Lingua Didaktika Volume 6 No 1, Desember 2012.
Hatch, E. (1992). Discourse and Language Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Hollister, C. V. (2014). Handbook of Academic Writing for Librarians (Revised Edition).
Chicago: American Library Association.
Hyland, K. (2003). Second Language Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lane, J. and E. Lange. (1999). Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide, 2nd Ed. New York: Heinle
& Heinle Publishers.
Langan, J. (2004). College Writing Skills. 6th Edition. New York: McGraw Hill Press.
Marni, S., & Harsiati, T. (2019). Critical thinking patterns of first-year students in
argumentative essay. Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists, 7(3), 683-697.
Mayberry, K. (2009). Everyday Arguments. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Meyers, A. (2004). Gateway to Academic Writing: Effective Sentences, Paragraphs, and
Essays. New York: Pearson Education ESL.
Miller, C. (2011). How to Write Argumentative Essay. Retrieved on January 10, 2016 from
http://www.education.ezinemark.com.how-to-write-argumentative-essay.html.
Mutmainah, S. (2013). An Analysis of Students’ Grammatical Problems in Writing Analytical
Exposition Text in Class XI IPA 1 at MAN 2 Padang. Graduate Program, Universitas
Negeri Padang. Padang: Unpublished Thesis.
Oshima, A. and A. Hogue. (1991). Writing Academic English, 2nd Edition. New York:
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Oshima, A. and A. Hogue. (1997). Introduction to Academic Writing, 2nd Edition. New York:
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Oshima, A. (2004). Writing Academic English Third Edition. London: Addison Wesley
Longman.
Rahmatunisa, W. (2014). Problems faced by Indonesian EFL learners in writing
argumentative essay. English Review: Journal of English Education, 3(1), 41-49.
Reynold, D. W. (2005). Linguistic Correlates of Second Language Literacy: Evidence from
Middle-grade Learner Essays. Journal of Second Language Writing Volume 12, Issue 1,
March 2005.
