Linguistic Problems in English Essay by Efl Students

Solikhah, Imroatus

doi:10.30957/ijoltl.v2i1.231

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“…This way, attentions of revision are emphasized on mechanics and typing. Solikhah (2017) confirms that grammar instruction affects improvement on competence to build sentence variety and development of details in a paragraph and the whole texts. Writing for academic purposes requires the presence of details for citation and quotation.…”

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Corrections on Grammar, Sentence Variety and Developing Detail to Qualify Academic Essay of Indonesian Learners

Solikhah

2017

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This experimental research examines: (1) significant differences of corrections on grammar, sentence variety and developing details on the quality of the essay by Indonesian learners; and (2) different effect of corrections on grammar, sentence variety, and developing details on the quality of the essay. Treatments for each were served as follows: corrections on grammar for the group A (22), corrections on sentence variety for the group B (20), and corrections on the developing details for the group C (24). Data were analyzed using One-Way Anova Test. The study revealed: (1) As the teaching technique, corrections on grammar, sentence variety and developing details were significantly different; (2) Contribution on the differences respectively came from sentence variety (t=4.377), developing details (t=3.933), and grammar (t=3.756). Upon beta test, contribution varied from sentence variety (58.5%), developing details (46.5%), and grammar (38.6%). Evidently, sentence variety is the most dominant technique to improve quality of the essay up to 58.5%.

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Section: E Discussionsupporting

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Corrections on Grammar, Sentence Variety and Developing Detail to Qualify Academic Essay of Indonesian Learners

Solikhah

2017

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“…Linguistic problems occur within structuring sentences such as tenses, word class, using articles, word formation, and word error. Solikhah (2017) states that in a general sense, problems on linguistic may include: syntax, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics. The problems in the linguistic, event occur parallel to the problems in developing rhetoric in an essay.…”

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The Students’ Problems and Solutions in Writing an Argumentative Essay on Gender Issue

Setyowati

Agustina

Sukmawan

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<p><em>This study is intended to find out the students’ problems and their solutions in writing argumentative essays. The subjects of this study were the fourth-semester students of English Education study program, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of PGRI Wiranegara in the academic year 2019-2020. This study used Byrne’s classification in 1995 about writing problems, namely psychological, linguistic, and cognitive. This uses descriptive quantitative design. The instruments were documentation of the students’ writing tasks and interviews. The result shows the almost all students have no problems in making thesis statements and refutations for their argumentative essay regarding gender issue. The students’ psychological problems are anxiety, nervousness, the feeling of pressure in timed writing and perfect work, a negative expectation in writing, and low self-confidence. For the linguistic problems, the result from both data indicated that students faced problems in tenses, word-class, word formation, the use of the article, and word error. While the cognitive problems faced by the students are being ignorant in the use of punctuation, short knowledge in giving appropriate examples and details in the body of the essay, and lack of knowledge in writing reference. The solutions proposed by the students, among others are to have more readings on the topic, to be self-motivated learners, to propose untimed writing to the lecturer, and to use writing tools applications.</em></p>

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“…T his wa y, students wer e equipped t o write with a clear and rigid format: an introduction with thesis statement, supporting paragraphs, a concluding paragraph, sometimes some rhetorical devices like compare-and-contrast or cause-andeffect were used. The latter goal focused on writing process, express meaning and content (Budiharso, 2006;Yiu, 2012;Solikhah, 2017).…”

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“…A long essay such as paper or journal article may consist of 3,500 to 6,000 words long or 8-10 pages typed in a single space format. Organization of the paper normally includes: title, author name, abstract, introduction, review of literature, methodology, findings, discussion, conclusion and reference (Solikhah, 2017).…”

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Drafting and Revising Strategies to Develop English Essay by Indonesian Efl Learners.

Solikhah¹,

Pandawa²,

Kartasura.³

2017

IJAR

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This qualitative study reports features of drafting, revising and strategies to write an English essay. The study was done in State Islamic Instute (IAIN) Surakarta, Indonesia on January to April 2015, assigning 30 students as the research subject. The study revealed that in drafting and revising process in writing were differently produced by lower, middle and upper groups. Lower group did not write outline and produced first draft without planning. Thesis statement, topic sentence and concluding paragraph did not appear. The middle gruop was able to produce thesis stetament, body paragraphs and conclusion, but they focused less on revising and proofreading. The upper group exhibitted by performing all aspects of an essay in each rhetorical patterns. Drafting and revising were used appropriately. All groups asserted literal translation to develop ideas and overcome problems on diction.Copy Right, IJAR, 2017,. All rights reserved. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Introduction:-Good writing is essential for success in school and the 21st Century workplace. Writing is a complex combination of skills which is best taught by breaking down the process. The writing process involves a series of steps to follow in producing a finished piece of writing. Focusing on the process of writing, almost everyone learns to write successfully. By breaking down writing step-by-step, the mystery is removed and writer's block is reduced. Most importantly, students discover the benefits of constructive feedback on their writing, and progressively master, and even enjoy, writing (Time4 Writing, 2016).The writing process-prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, rewriting, publishing-mirrors the way proficient writers write. Studies show that students who learn the writing process score better on writing tests than those who receive only specific instruction in the skills assessed on the test. Success in writing greatly depends on a student's attitude, motivation, and engagement. The writing process takes these elements into account by allowing students to plan their writing and create a publishable, final draft of their work of which they can be proud (ILA/NCTA, 2017:1).When teaching expository essay in Indonesian contexts, empirical evidences appear pertaining to quality of rethorical patterns. There is still a debate if process of writing is empasized, attentions in the language revision will decline and improvements on grammar are limited. Conversely, if language corrections take priority, writing process is delayed. For many students, writing can be intimidating, upsetting and mystifying but writing process answers this problem. Every writer follows his or her own writing process (Pouladian, et. al. 2017). Therefore, process writing has been

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Linguistic Problems in English Essay by Efl Students

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Corrections on Grammar, Sentence Variety and Developing Detail to Qualify Academic Essay of Indonesian Learners

Corrections on Grammar, Sentence Variety and Developing Detail to Qualify Academic Essay of Indonesian Learners

The Students’ Problems and Solutions in Writing an Argumentative Essay on Gender Issue

Drafting and Revising Strategies to Develop English Essay by Indonesian Efl Learners.

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