Male Students’ Challenges In Writing Arguementative Essay (A Study of the Fourth Semester Students of English Department of UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar 2023/2024 )

Abstract

This study investigates the problems faced by male students in writing argumentative essays. The purpose of this study is to find out the problems faced by male students in writing argumentative essays. This research uses a qualitative approach with phenomenological method. The informants of this research are Male students majoring in English Education Class of 2022 who take Argumentative Writing course in the academic year 2023/2024 and have written argumentative essays during the course. Number of informants in this research were five male fourth semester students who were selected using purposive sampling technique by using a questionnaire made with google form. In this study, the researcher acted as a key instrument and the interview guide as a supporting instrument. In collecting data, the researcher conducted interviews with the informants. Furthermore, in analyzing the data, data reduction, data display, and data verification were used. To test the trustworthiness of the data, triangulation was used to confirm unclear information in previous interviews. The results showed that there are psychological problems and linguistic problems faced by male students in writing Argumentative Essay. Psychological problems include laziness and lack of motivation, feeling anxious when writing, stress when writing, feeling nervous when writing, and lack of confidence when writing. Linguistic Problems include spelling mistakes, grammar problems, difficulty writing down ideas, mechanical problems, and vocabulary problems.