Analysis of Fifth Grade Elementary School Students’ Difficulties in Writing Essays

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211119.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Language difficulty; elementary school students; narrative essay; writing

Abstract

This research is motivated by the low writing ability, especially writing narrative essays among the fifth-grade elementary school students. This study aims to find out what difficulties are experienced by the students when writing narrative essays. This study used a descriptive method involving 20 students from an elementary school in one city in West Java. Data collection was conducted using writing tests, observations, and interviews. The results showed that there were four errors most frequently found in students’ writing that cause difficulties for students in writing narrative essays. The errors included the use of punctuation marks (48.03%), spelling (37.01%), content organization (10.23%), and title writing (4.72%). Hence, the most difficult language aspect is the use of punctuation marks. Further discussion recommends that teachers take immediate correction and assistance to help students understand their mistakes in the hope to avoid the same mistakes in future.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ade Surahman
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/21
TI  - Analysis of Fifth Grade Elementary School Students’ Difficulties in Writing Essays
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211119.001
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.001
ID  - Surahman2021
ER  -