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SENTENCE FEATURE IN STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING (Case Study in Polytechnic of Tonggak Equator Pontianak) Magpika Handayani
Journal of English Educational Study (JEES) Vol 2, No 2 (2019): November Edition
Publisher : STKIP Persada Khatulistiwa Sintang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (78.599 KB) | DOI: 10.31932/jees.v2i2.490

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Abstract: Academic writing is one type of writing that should be mastered by students in Polytechnic of Tonggak Equator Pontianak. Academic writing is very important because it functions as a way to express an idea or another way of communication in doing research. Academic writing is essential to process in writing academic articles. Moreover, writing skills are an important part of communication. Academic writing is a specific ability of communication to put writers’ ideas on paper, to organize their knowledge, and then how to make sentences become a paragraph. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The writer collected the data by giving instructions to the students to write an academic article. The respondents are 60 students who are the representative of the students from class A to F in semester 5. This semester is chosen because they have academic writing subject. The result of the research shows that the most crucial problem in writing a sentence in academic context by students of Polytechnic Tonggak Equator Pontianak is in the sentence category. In this problem, students are not able to vary their sentences in their paragraphs that might cause the quality of their sentence is not proficient.Keyword: Sentence Feature, Academic Writing, Politeknik Tonggak Equator Students
THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF USING U-DICTIONARY IN LEARNING PRONUNCIATION AT STBA PONTIANAK Juwita Juwita; Agus Riadi; Magpika Handayani
Jurnal Ilmiah Spectral Vol 6, No 1 (2020): Jurnal Ilmiah Spectral
Publisher : STBA Pontianak

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47255/spectral.v6i1.46

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This study aims at identifying the perception of students in using U-Dictionary in learning pronunciation. Speaking is one of the most challenging abilities to develop foreign language learners such as Indonesian and one of the components of speaking is pronunciation. People often find a problem with pronunciation when they speak, read, or listen to English words. In the digital era, people can learn anything from the internet platform, such as using online learning through apps at smartphones. This study is qualitative research and the writer describe the students’ perception in using U dictionary in learning pronunciation. The writers did an observation to English study program students from the fourth semester who are eligible for this research. There were 30 students participated as respondents and all of them were interviewed in order to have true information. The result shows that most of the students think that as English study program students, learning pronunciation is important, and they perceived that the “perfect English pronunciation feature” in U-Dictionary is practical to overcome difficulties in learning pronunciation in a fun way