مجلة الرسالة للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية
Volume 8, Numéro 4, Pages 56-63
2024-01-20

History Essay Writing In Algerian Higher Education

Authors : Bouaziz Amina .

Abstract

To study history is to do history. And the only way we can do history is to examine the available records from the past and then write about them. So, doing history means writing history. As you write, you demonstrate evidence and produce a logical argument. An essay, in general, is a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course. For students of English, writing history essays is not an easy task because they are different from other forms of essays. History essays depend on interpretation, debate, analysis, and synthesis. They are more than narrative accounts of the past. This paper will define history essays and demonstrate the challenges students face when they write them. This paper will also provide an example of the third-year students of English from the Department of English at Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi University. The results will give some recommendations to overcome students' difficulties when dealing with history essay writing.

Keywords

Algerian ; Higher ; Education ; History ; Essay ; Writing