Abstract
Writing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) requires one to applied writing rules such as language features: vocabulary, punctuation, type of text, text organization as well as appropriate Grammar, especially Past Conditional sentences. It is desired as a rule to convey one's expectations in their daily activities. The purpose of this research was to describe the difficulties and the factors that students of one of SMAN in Kabupaten Tangerang faced in writing using Past Conditional Sentence. The approach applied in this research was qualitative, and the method used in this research was descriptive analysis. Written tests and interviews were used to collect the data. The results of this research discovered the problems faced by students in writing using the Past Conditional Sentence. It was found that 73% of students had the same writing problem using past conditional sentences. The common mistakes were Verb and Auxiliary's wrong usage and incorrect application of Past Conditional formulas. Furthermore, it was revealed that the problems of language factors contribute to writing related to environmental, linguistics, and psychological factors.
Highlights
English as an International Language in the world, is learned by most people to communicate with each other
The interview was about the factors that contribute to the lack of students' writing in past conditional sentences: environmental, linguistic, and psychological factors
The students had low knowledge in irregular and regular verbs, so they could not change the verb in the Past Conditional Sentence form to use past form
Summary
English as an International Language in the world, is learned by most people to communicate with each other. Learning English has become a great necessity for everyone who realized the importance of the language. English subject is focused on four skills. They are reading, speaking, 2020 JEES: Journal of English Education Studies is published by FKIP of Universitas Mathla’ul Anwar Banten. JEES; Journal of English Education Studies 2020, 3 (1), 29-36 listening, and writing. People should comprehend the conversation is to convey the message. As stated by Nikitina (2012, p.13), "Writing is not always an easy task, as a written message does not transmit vocal and non-verbal cues as spoken words do." It means that writing is one of the language skills that the student must master
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