These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in The International Conference on Elementary Education (ICEE) which is being hosted by the Elementary Education Study Programme School of Postgraduate Studies, Universitas Pendidikan
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): Proceedings The 1st International Conference on Elementary Education

ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SPELLING AND VOCABULARY IN THE ESSAY DESCRIPTION OF GRADE IV ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS




Article Info

Publish Date
19 Nov 2018

Abstract

Writing skills are the last skills mastered after listening, speaking and reading skills. In the digital era, students can access various types of writing through various media such as mobile phone. This research was conducted to find out the skill of writing essays description about technological equipment in the digital era. The researcher gave a test writing essay description of mobile phones in class IV public elementary schools in the city of Surakarta, Central Java. The description desk is reviewed from an analysis of the use of spelling and vocabulary. The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive. The results showed that there were still many students who did not pay attention to the use of spelling in writing. Spelling use errors especially in the use of capital letters, use of a dots and commas, and writing absorption words. The vocabulary used by most students is a non-standard word. The use of a second language also influences students' essays. Thus, it can be concluded that the skills of fourth grade students in writing description essays are still low.

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Abbrev

icee

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Social Sciences

Description

Mathematics, Science and Social Education, Higher Level Thinking Skills Learning (HOTS), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Classroom Today, Society Era 5.0, Cooperative/Collaborative Learning, Multicultural Education and Inclusive Education, School Leadership and Management, ...