EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan
This research aimed at investigating the ability of the fourth semester English Education Department students at the University of Potensi Utama, Medan, in writing a review text of a novel entitled ‘Sengsara Membawa Nikmat’ written by Toelis Soetan Sati. This study applied a qualitative approach thr...
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| description | This research aimed at investigating the ability of the fourth semester English Education Department students at the University of Potensi Utama, Medan, in writing a review text of a novel entitled ‘Sengsara Membawa Nikmat’ written by Toelis Soetan Sati. This study applied a qualitative approach through writing tests as the data collection instrument. The data were, furthermore, analyzed by identifying and evaluating the students’ writing test. The result reveals that overall, the students’ review texts on the novel were good enough. However, some problems were still noticed in the students’ texts such as the errors in vocabulary, grammar, generic structure, organizing ideas, mechanic (punctuation and spelling) and the summary of the novel. It implies that while the students’ performance was generally satisfying, their ability to write a review text needs to be consistently improved to produce a better piece of a review text on a novel. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc288dd8ae0047519ca90e287968a9622023-02-08T03:56:41ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752019-10-016230030810.24815/siele.v6i2.1478410403EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in MedanYenita Uswar0Nova Andriani1Universitas Potensi Utama, MedanUniversitas Potensi Utama, MedanThis research aimed at investigating the ability of the fourth semester English Education Department students at the University of Potensi Utama, Medan, in writing a review text of a novel entitled ‘Sengsara Membawa Nikmat’ written by Toelis Soetan Sati. This study applied a qualitative approach through writing tests as the data collection instrument. The data were, furthermore, analyzed by identifying and evaluating the students’ writing test. The result reveals that overall, the students’ review texts on the novel were good enough. However, some problems were still noticed in the students’ texts such as the errors in vocabulary, grammar, generic structure, organizing ideas, mechanic (punctuation and spelling) and the summary of the novel. It implies that while the students’ performance was generally satisfying, their ability to write a review text needs to be consistently improved to produce a better piece of a review text on a novel.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/14784writing, review text, novel, sengsara membawa nikmat |
| spellingShingle | Yenita Uswar Nova Andriani EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan Studies in English Language and Education writing, review text, novel, sengsara membawa nikmat |
| title | EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan |
| title_full | EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan |
| title_fullStr | EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan |
| title_full_unstemmed | EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan |
| title_short | EFL students’ ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in Medan |
| title_sort | efl students ability in writing reviews for a novel at a university in medan |
| topic | writing, review text, novel, sengsara membawa nikmat |
| url | https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/14784 |
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