The Difficulties of EFL Graduate Students in Writing a Scientific Article

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10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_21How to use a DOI?

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Covid-19; EFL; scientific article; writing difficulties

ABSTRACT

Reflecting on the previous conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students face serious problems with English as a foreign language skills in online learning. EFL students find it challenging to comprehend and communicate, even in spoken or written form. Research on students’ difficulties in writing scientific articles in English as a foreign language is scarce. Most researchers focus on students’ problems in writing generally. The current research aimed to identify and write about the writing difficulties faced by graduate students in scientific articles who are studying in the English Education Graduate Program. The researcher applied descriptive quantitative research as the research method. The sample of this research is graduate students who wanted to complete scientific articles as one of the requirements for passing the master’s degree. The instruments used were closed-ended questionnaires. There are ten areas of difficulty in writing a scientific article. Based on the research findings, the researcher found that some students still face various difficulties in writing scientific articles in each category of common issues, which consists of 10 classifications of difficulties. The study concluded that the most prevalent high difficulties faced by students in writing a scientific article were using grammar (72%), structuring an argument (70%), textual organization (68,5%), relating the text to the audience and reader (64%), making knowledge claims (64,5%), revealing and concealing the author’s view (65%), use of “hedges” to indicate caution (67%). The last category at a high level is “interference” of different cultural views (68%).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Uchy Mukho Adrianty
AU  - Muhd. Hafizh
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/30
TI  - The Difficulties of EFL Graduate Students in Writing a Scientific Article
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 147
EP  - 153
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_21
ID  - Adrianty2023
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