10Sep 2017

AN ANALYSIS OF ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING OF THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSIDADE DILI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017.

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Dos Santos de Jesus, Emilia. 2017. ?An Analysis of Argumentative writing of the Fifth Semester Students of English Study Program of Universidade Dili in Academic Year 2016/2017?. Supevisors: (I) Prof. Feliks Tans, M.Ed., Ph.D, (II) Dr. Agustinus Semiun, MA. There are two problems to be answered in this writing, namely how the fifth semester students of English Study Program of Universidade Dili write argumentative texts and what their problems are in writing argumentative texts. This writing aims at analyzing students? argumentative writing and finding out their problems in writing argumentative texts. This study employs descriptive qualitative method. It describes deeply the findings related to the aims of study above. The data of this result is taken from the written forms of argumentative texts by the fifth semester students of English Study Program of Universidade Dili. The research shows that the students? argumentative writing is cohesively, coherently, and grammatically correct. However, some other mostly students present in cohesive, incoherent, and grammatically incorrect argumentative texts. Furthermore, there are several problems faced by the students in writing argumentative texts, namely: transferring ideas in writing, lack of vocabularies, problem in using grammar, difficulties to start writing, lack of reading sources, problems in organizing their writing, and inconsistently in developing idea.

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[Emilia Dos Santos De Jesus. (2017); AN ANALYSIS OF ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING OF THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSIDADE DILI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 24-33] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Emilia dos Santos de Jesus
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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5296      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5296

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