Difficulties of EFL learners in organizing a good academic paragraph in Almergib University faculty of Art and Science Misalata

Abstract

Writing is the productive skill relies on students' ability in mastering its technique. To write a good academic paragraph, students should learn some strategies in organizing the main elements of the paragraph. Thus, this research paper conducts to investigate EFL student's problems in organizing the academic paragraph at the faculty of Art and Science Misallata College. The research aims to find out the obstacles that students face in following a certain technique in writing a paragraph on 30 students of the English department. As writing is the most important skill in learning language, some students face difficulties in organizing their thoughts and how to put their ideas in logical order. Throughout their learning, students couldn’t identify their mistakes that led them to write randomly. Not only on the process of writing, but also, they have certain issues in lacking of using the main elements of paragraph organizations. Hence, quantitative method in the current study used a questionnaire as data collections to investigate students' difficulties in organizing the ideas and their influences on the student's ability to write an academic paragraph. In addition, this study also proposed certain strategies and techniques to help them overcome difficulties when learning paragraph writing.