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Writing in English is one of the important skills that students actively change their passive. kn... more Writing in English is one of the important skills that students actively change their passive. knowledge and information into their own language. Based on the 2013 curriculum, students must have excellent English skills for writing skill, because students are able to express functional texts and simple short essays in the form of recount text for interaction in daily life. The purpose of this study was to find the ability of English writing recount texts of class VIII students of Darul Hijrah Islamic Boarding School for males. Descriptive quantitative method that researchers used to describe students' ability to write recount texts, and the sample of this study was 28 students. The researcher found that the highest score in writing recount text was 84, which was considered a good category, and the lowest score in writing recount text was 47.5, which was considered a fair category. In addition, in the good category was 5 students (17.8%), 15 students (75%) participated in the fai...

Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, E... more Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, English proficiency among most Indonesian students is not improved significantly. Therefore, this qualitative research with case study approach aims to find out factors causing low English proficiency among Indonesian university students. There were six heterogeneous participants coming from all over Indonesia in this research that the researchers got through purposive sampling. The data were collected mainly through individual interview. All interview data were recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and divided into themes. To develop the trustworthiness of the research, the researcher did member checking. The findings show that there were two major factors causing Indonesian university students have low English proficiency namely internal and external factors. Internal factors consist of low motivation and learning anxiety, and external factors consist of inappropriate teaching method, class ...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, 2020

Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, E... more Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, English proficiency among most Indonesian students is not improved significantly. Therefore, this qualitative research with case study approach aims to find out factors causing low English proficiency among Indonesian university students. There were six heterogeneous participants coming from all over Indonesia in this research that the researchers got through purposive sampling. The data were collected mainly through individual interview. All interview data were recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and divided into themes. To develop the trustworthiness of the research, the researcher did member checking. The findings show that there were two major factors causing Indonesian university students have low English proficiency namely internal and external factors. Internal factors consist of low motivation and learning anxiety, and external factors consist of inappropriate teaching method, class size, and poor English environment. Further, suggestions and recommendations are offered to all related parties.

Writing in English is one of the important skills that students actively change their passive. kn... more Writing in English is one of the important skills that students actively change their passive. knowledge and information into their own language. Based on the 2013 curriculum, students must have excellent English skills for writing skill, because students are able to express functional texts and simple short essays in the form of recount text for interaction in daily life. The purpose of this study was to find the ability of English writing recount texts of class VIII students of Darul Hijrah Islamic Boarding School for males. Descriptive quantitative method that researchers used to describe students' ability to write recount texts, and the sample of this study was 28 students. The researcher found that the highest score in writing recount text was 84, which was considered a good category, and the lowest score in writing recount text was 47.5, which was considered a fair category. In addition, in the good category was 5 students (17.8%), 15 students (75%) participated in the fai...

Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, E... more Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, English proficiency among most Indonesian students is not improved significantly. Therefore, this qualitative research with case study approach aims to find out factors causing low English proficiency among Indonesian university students. There were six heterogeneous participants coming from all over Indonesia in this research that the researchers got through purposive sampling. The data were collected mainly through individual interview. All interview data were recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and divided into themes. To develop the trustworthiness of the research, the researcher did member checking. The findings show that there were two major factors causing Indonesian university students have low English proficiency namely internal and external factors. Internal factors consist of low motivation and learning anxiety, and external factors consist of inappropriate teaching method, class ...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, 2020

Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, E... more Indonesian students have learned English for many years from elementary to university. However, English proficiency among most Indonesian students is not improved significantly. Therefore, this qualitative research with case study approach aims to find out factors causing low English proficiency among Indonesian university students. There were six heterogeneous participants coming from all over Indonesia in this research that the researchers got through purposive sampling. The data were collected mainly through individual interview. All interview data were recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and divided into themes. To develop the trustworthiness of the research, the researcher did member checking. The findings show that there were two major factors causing Indonesian university students have low English proficiency namely internal and external factors. Internal factors consist of low motivation and learning anxiety, and external factors consist of inappropriate teaching method, class size, and poor English environment. Further, suggestions and recommendations are offered to all related parties.