The Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Writing Functional Text

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the obstacles that students have when creating functional language, particularly descriptive prose. The research focuses on the writing process, writing skills, and the effectiveness of applying linguistic structures in functional text composition to increase students' writing abilities. Students have difficulty organizing ideas, using proper vocabulary, and making errors in organization, vocabulary, syntax, general structure, and mechanics. Aside from that, students frequently face issues with sentence sequences, a lack of vocabulary, an aware-ness of various sorts of sentences or texts, and mastery of writing components such as content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. These problems indicate the difficulty of developing functional text-writing abilities and the need for specific techniques to improve students' proficiency in this area. The study continues with suggestions for teachers to assist students in improving their writing skills, such as providing time for practice, organizing thoughts, and using outlines to help students develop their ideas. More research is needed to investigate additional aspects of functional writing and develop techniques to improve students' writing skills in this area.