A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH PARAGRAPHS IN WRITING ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS AT SMKN 1 BATANG HARI

Abstract

This research was conducted based on problems related to the poor ability of students in writing argumentative essays in English at SMKN 1 Batang Hari. The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of students to write paragraphs of argumentative essay development. This research is descriptive research. This research instrument uses writing assignments. The study population was class XII students of SMKN 1 Batang Hari. By using cluster random sampling, researchers took one class as a sample of this study. From the research findings, it was found that students' abilities in writing argumentative essays were low. The most common mistake made by students is in using evidence and writing the exact sentence. It can be concluded that students still have difficulty writing good sentences based on grammar rules. They also don't know how to write good conclusion paragraphs from argumentative essays.