AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN ESSAY WRITING AT STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research was aimed to analyzed of the students’ problems in essay writing. The study sample consisted of 15 participants. To achieve the purpose of study, the researcher used questionnaire and interview. The questonnaire and interview were given for students. The result showed that there were some students faced difficulties to wrote essay. There were some problems that faced by the sudents. The problems were expressing their ideas, making sentences cohesive and coherence, and lack of vocabulary and grammar. It can be concluded that the students of university still faced difficulties in essay writing. They still faced difficulties how to write and develop their ideas. In addition, the teacher should give a good strategy to develop the students’ ideas in writing.