Writing is considered an essential skill for academic purpose. This research aims: 1. to explore the difference of students' English writing mastery based on gender, 2) to explore the difference English writing perceptions based on gender. The study deploys a mixed method through a convergent parallel design that engages both quantitative and qualitative phases consecutively. It involves 26 first-year English Education Department students at Universitas Veteran Bangun Nusantara Sukoharjo,

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... sia in the production of explanatory paragraph writing and questionnaire survey. The findings of the quantitative phase results in tcalc ≤ ttab (0.685 ≤ 2.080) on English writing mastery and tcalc≤ ttab (1.114 ≤ 2.306) on English writing perception among female and male students, indicating there is no significant difference on both variables. The finding of the qualitative phase reveals only a small gap of both variables between the two gender. The study implies an initiative in investigating the contributing socio-innate factors to the students' English language capacity.