Pedagogia: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan
Vol 9, No 1 (2017): Pedagogia: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan

STUDENTS’ ERROR IN USING CAPITAL LETTERS AND PUNCTUATION IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Ghina Fikriani Rahman (Universitas Pakuan)
Deddy Sofyan (Universitas Pakuan)
Gusnadi Gusnadi (Universitas Pakuan)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2022

Abstract

The paper entitled “Students’ Error in Using Capital Letter and Punctuation in Writing a Descriptive Text” was written to find out error in using capital letter and punctuation in writing a descriptive text and the cause of it. The method used in this research is descriptive method. The research was conducted to the third semester students of English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Educational Sciences, Pakuan University. The sample of this research is selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through students’ work, questionnaire, and interview. The result of the data shows that the most common error in using capital letter is in writing the names of places and persons. For comma, students make error before or after coordinating conjunction and comma at the end of the sentence. For apostrophe, most of students make errors by omitting a letter or letter in contractions. The writer also finds that carelessness is the cause of students’ error in using capital letter and punctuation in writing a descriptive text

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pedagogia

Publisher

Subject

Education Social Sciences

Description

The scope of our journal includes (1) Language and literature education; (2) Social sciences and humanities education; (3) Sports and health education; (4) Economy and business education; (5) Math and natural science education; (6) Vocational and engineering education, (7) Visual arts, dance, music, ...