Paragraph Writing of Academic Texts in an EFL Context

Abstract

This study aims to figure out EFL students’ experiences in developing paragraphs and difficulties in writing paragraphs of academic texts. This current study was qualitative research which employed interviews as the data collection method. The participants of the study were five students who were writing their research report as a requirement for their undergraduate degree. The study was conducted in one of private universities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The findings of the study showed that in developing paragraphs, the students did brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing. Moreover, related to the problems in writing paragraph, the students faced difficulties in English words and word choice, grammar, development of main idea, coherence and cohesiveness, effective sentence, and citation