Problems in Learning Essay Writing for English for Specific Purpose Students: A Case Study in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Learning Essay Writing; English for Specific Purposes; students; writing problems

Abstract

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the courses taught at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) for several study programs, such as Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Informatics Engineering, Accounting, Management, and other study programs. One of the goals of the inclusion of ESP in the curriculum is to improve students’ English skills, not only in general English but also related to specific terms in each field. In this ESP course, students learn about skills in English which include reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar which is then linked to topics according to their respective fields. One of the most important materials in this ESP is writing essays. The lecturers found several problems in the lecture process, both from brainstorming, and the writing process, to the writing itself. This study uses a qualitative method, namely by looking at 30 essays written by students from various study programs, then researchers will look at the problems experienced by students. The research finds some results, they are critical thinking, the punctuation, word choice, grammatical problems, and the structure of the essay as the students’ problems in learning ESP.

Copyright

© 2023 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Yashinta Farahsani
AU  - Ika Puspita Rini
AU  - Patria Handung Jaya
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/14
TI  - Problems in Learning Essay Writing for English for Specific Purpose Students: A Case Study in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture (ISoLEC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 390
EP  - 399
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_44
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_44
ID  - Farahsani2023
ER  -