ENGLISH LECTURERS` PREFERENCES IN CORRECTING STUDENTS` RESEARCH REPORT WRITING ERRORS (A Study at IAIN Raden Intan English Department)

Iwan Kurniawan

Abstract


Although there are pros and contras about the benefits of writing errors correction, error correction is believed very useful in writing process. Due to its benefit, this research tried to describe the preferences of IAIN Raden Intan English lecturers in correcting students` research report or Skripsi. The investigation explored issues regarding techniques used by lecturers in correcting writing errors, error symbols used, and kind of corrected errors. To know the answers, questionnaires were deployed to those lecturers. Findings show that favourite technique was consulting grammar book & dictionary, underline was the most often used symbol and grammar was the most corrected error.

Full Text:

PDF

References


Bell, Judith. 1987. Doing your research Project. Canberra. Open University Press

Byrne, Donn. 1993. Teaching writing skills. Longman Group. UK.

Corpus, Victor.2011. Error Correction in Second Language Writing. Queensland University of Technology.

Dornyei, Zoltan. 2007. Reseach Methods in Applied Linguistics. Oxford University Press.

Ellis, Rod. 2009. A typology of written corrective feedback types. ELT Journal. Vol63/2 April 2009.

Harmer, Jeremy. 2001. The practice of English language Teaching. Longman.

Harmer, Jeremy. 2004. How to teach writing. Longman.

Lee, Icy. 2004. Error correction in L2 secondary writing classrooms: The case of Hong Kong. Journal of Second Language Writing .Vol 13.

Kasiram, Moh. 1994. Teknik Analisis item. Surabaya. Usaha Nasional.

Richards, Jack C and Renandya Wiily A. 2002. Methodology in language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Suratina. 2002. Research in ELT. Pusat Penerbitan UT.

Sugiyono. 2011. Metode Penelitian Kuntitatif, Kualitatif, dan R &D. Bandung. CV. Alfabeta.

Weigle, Sara Cushing. 2002. Assessing Writing. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24042/ee-jtbi.v7i1.430



English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris, UIN Raden Intan Lampung is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. pISSN: 2083-6003, eISSN: 2580-1449.