Author (Penulis)

AFRIANTI FRISKA ARINDA
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0005

Abstract

ABSTRACT As an important part of skripsi, abstract must be written clearly because it is a summary of the skripsi. In fact, the writer still found some errors of mechanics in writing abstacts. The errors are probably caused by some factors. It can be caused by the process of guidance from advisors, the way how the lecturers teach, and the way how the students learn. The purposes of this research are to identify the kinds of mechanics errors that are most found and to identify the types of mechanics error frequency in abstract of skripsi made by English Department students at Nusantara PGRI University academic year 2012/2013. This research is descriptive quantitative. The subjects of this research are fifteen abstracts of skripsi made by English department students academic year 2013/2014. The instrument of this research is documentation.The result of this research shows that kinds of mechanics errors in abstract of skripsi made by students are errors of capitalization 32,65%, errors of comma 27,80%, errors of font 20,41%, errors of full stop 9,18%, errors of format 6,80%, errors of colon 2,38%, and errors of semi colon 0,68%. While, they are classified into four categories: errors of capitalization is in very often category, errors of comma and errors of font are in often category, errors of full stop and errors of format are in seldom category, errors of colon and errors of semi colon are in very seldom category. From the result, it can be concluded that errors of capitalization is the most mechanics errors made by the students.

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Reference

PUBLISHED

2016-03-06

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

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