Abstract
One of student’s competence that is expected in college level is to be able to write an argumentative essay. An argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires students to investigate a topic; collect; generate, evaluate evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. The purpose of this study was to find out how EFL learners’ writing competence in writing an argumentative essay. Then, the research question was how are EFL learners’ writing skill in writing an argumentative essay. The research was a descriptive qualitative study, as the data on EFL learners’ writing was analyzed to determine their competence in writing an argumentative essay. The analysis was conducted by describing and explaining the data. The study found that EFL learners’ writing skill in writing an argumentative essay was mostly adequate. In general, the organization was clear and showed the purpose of writing clearly; the content was in logical sequence; the grammar was mostly effective, even though, there were some flaws in the structure of some complex sentences; most of the mechanics were legible and neat, sometimes the word choice is not too appropriate for the context, but it could convey the message of an essay.
Highlights
It is considered that one of the most crucial skills for academic and career success for EFL learners, as evident in surveys of stakeholders from higher education and the workforce, is mastering the art of written communication as described by Sparks, et al (2014, p. 1)
There are many EFL learners thought that writing is a difficult activity than the other foreign language skill
The writer knows the problems encountered by the EFL learners in writing an argumentative essay
Summary
It is considered that one of the most crucial skills for academic and career success for EFL learners, as evident in surveys of stakeholders from higher education and the workforce, is mastering the art of written communication as described by Sparks, et al (2014, p. 1). Writing is important to be integrated with other language skills, in stressed, in the belief that this leads to more effective language learning and it provides more natural contexts for writing activities. It is one of the skills in English which must be mastered by EFL learners at teaching English as foreign language. The focus is writing an essay, especially an argumentative essay. 2) argued that argumentative writing is considered as a critical skill to be learned for college level learners. An argumentative essay is one of writing material taught by the teacher to analyze EFL learners’ writing skill in writing an essay. The writer knows the problems encountered by the EFL learners in writing an argumentative essay
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