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2026•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
ASYIFA NURUL AMELIA, Student ID 22 301 040 04, entitled: “STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES IN WRITING EXPOSITORY TEXT: A STUDY OF THE THIRD-SEMESTER OF ENGLISH TEACHING DEPARTMENT AT UIN MAHMUD YUNUS BATUSANGKAR.” English Teaching Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Islamic University (UIN) Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. Writing is one of the most important skills in English language learning. Among various types of writing, expository writing is often considered challenging because it requires students to present ideas logically, support arguments with factual evidence, and maintain coherence throughout the text. This study aimed to explore the challenges experienced by third-semester students of the English Teaching Department at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar in writing expository texts. This study employed a qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach to understand the lived experiences of students in writing expository texts. The participants consisted of eight third-semester students selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using Miles and Huberman to identify recurring patterns and themes related to students’ writing challenges. The findings revealed seven major challenges encountered by the participants in writing expository texts. These challenges included the complexity of expository writing, logical organization, grammatical challenges, challenges in maintaining objectivity, spelling challenges, challenges in idea development and challenges in organizing text structure. The findings indicated that students struggled not only with linguistic aspects such as grammar and vocabulary but also with higher-order writing skills, including critical thinking, idea organization, and argument development. These challenges often affected students’ confidence and ability to produce effective expository texts.
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2025•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
Indah Putri Az Zahra, NIM, DEVELOPING CONSTRUCT 2-BASED APPLICATION TO FACILITATE STUDENTS IN WIRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS FOR GRADE VII JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS", English Teaching Department, faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training State Islamic University (UIN) talimud Yunus Batusangkar. The used of learning media im teaching is already common, but the use of Construct 2 applications in teaching and learning process is still not widely perceived. This research aims to develop of Construct 2-based applications for writing descriptive text in VII grade junior high school This research was used a research and development (R&D) method approach. The development model used is the 4D model which is divided into 3 steps, namely (1) the define stage, carried out to obtain an overview of conditan m the field, in this stage observations and interviews with teachers, analysis of students characteristics, concept analysis, task analysis, and setting instructional objectives, (2) the design stage, used to design media Construct 2 based on the applications, and the results of the design stage are continued with (3) the develop stage, used to see the validity and practicality of the media Constract 2 based on the applications that was developed. The data was collected used a total sampling technique on the entire population of 28 people. The instruments used in data collection were interview guidelines, documentation, validation questionnaire and practicality. Furthermore, the technique in analyzing data was using the Likert Scale formula to analyze the level of validity and practicality of the developed product data The result of this research indicate that the validation criteria in tenn of 3 tonterial experts by two English lectures at LIIN Malmud Yunus Batusangkar, and one of English teacher at MTsN 10 Tanah Datar showed a score of 78%, with the category "valid", based on a score of 186 out of maximum score of 240 In term 3 media experts were validitated by Educational Technology. Lecturer at Padang State University, English lecturer at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar, and one of English teacher at MTsN 10 Tanah Datar showed an 83% result, with a very valid category, based on a score of 198 out of a maximum score of 240 The avarage percentage of both was 81% which falls into the "very valid" category Meanwhile, the practicality criteria based on the teacher's response, howed an 82% result, with a very practical category, for Construct 2 lcaming media. Similarly, the data taken from student responses showed an 82% result. with a "very practical category for Construct 2 learning midis The avarage percentage of both was 82% which falls into the "very practical" category.
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2020•Skripsi, Thesis, Disertasi, dan Tugas Akhir
YUNIZA ANISA, NIM 12 104 100, judul skripsi: “STUDENTS’ PREFERENCE OF BRAINSTORMING STRATEGY IN WRITING ACTIVITY”, Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Batusangkar.
Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini adalah belum ditemukannya kecendrungan mahasiswa semester IV Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris Tahun Akademik 2018/2019 dalam menggunakan strategi untuk mengembangkan ide-ide mereka dalam menulis pada mata kuliah Writing. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kecendrungan mahasiswa dalam menggunakan strategi brainstorming pada mata kuliah Writing.
Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Informannya adalah 12 mahasiswa semester IV Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris Tahun Akademik 2018/2019 pada mata kuliah Writing. Penelitian ini diambil dengan menggunakan snowball sampling technique untuk informan. Dalam pengumpulan data, instrumen yang digunakan untuk memperoleh data adalah peneliti sendiri dengan melakukan wawancara dibantu dengan interview guide, recorded and field note. Untuk menguji kebenaran data yang didapat dari wawancara, peneliti menggunakan triangulasi waktu dengan membandingkan hasil wawancara pertama dengan hasil wawancara kedua. Selanjutnya untuk menganalisis data, peneliti melakukan analisis data dengan reduksi data seterusnya penyajian data dan di akhiri dengan pengambilan kesimpulan dan verifikasi data.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kecendrungan mahasiswa dalam menggunakan strategi brainstorming untuk mengembangkan ide-ide mereka, yaitu 1) Listing, 2) Freewriting, dan 3) Clustering/Mapping. Dari 3 strategi tersebut, mahasiswa cendrung memilih strategi Clustering/Mapping dalam Brainstorming pada mata kuliah Writing. Alasan memilih teknik ini dikarenakan dapat memudahkan mereka dalam mengembangkan ide-ide dalam menulis dari pada strategi yang lain.
