Improving Students’ Descriptive Writing through Cue Cards
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
English is a universal language. Therefore, everyone in this world uses English in order to communicate with other people from different country with different mother tongue. Besides to communicate with other people easily, another reason why people use English is because English is used in all aspects, such as business, education, politic, etc.
In Indonesia, English is regarded as a foreign language which is mostly used in business field. English is considered as an important language since by mastering English, people can get higher salary and have better opportunities. Meanwhile, in education sector, it is taught as a compulsory subject. It is taught
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Written communication refers to an action of delivering information through written words. Furthermore, in education sector, writing has an important role to fulfill one of the learners’ English skills. Students are expected to be able to write good writing. Hosseini (2013) put forward after graduation, someone’s ability to show himself well on paper will help him secure a job or higher education chances. This research finding is also supported by Hansen 's (2002) which states, “Academicians and business people view writing skill as crucial, yet increasing numbers of these professionals note a steady attrition in the writing abilities of graduates.” Based on those statements, students are expected to be a good writer because writing is not only used in school, but also it has an important role to determine their future. In discussing the importance of writing to learning, Suleiman (2000) asserts that “writing is a central element of language, any reading and language arts program must consider the multidimensional nature of writing in instructional practices, assessment procedures, and language development.” Moreover, Myles (2002) states that through experience, writing skill must be practiced and learned because it is not a naturally acquired skill – learned in formal instructional settings. Accordingly, writing is taught in schools.
However, as one of the language skills, writing is often ignored. Some students
If someone is a college student in a different country and is interested in learning a new language English would help this person greatly. English is the most spoken language in the whole world. Worldwide one in every five can either speak or understand English. This would help someone who learned English be able to communicate with more people when they travel to other countries. English is also the most spoken language around the entire world, it is the official language of 53 countries and is the first language to around 400 million people around the world. In the article “’Conquer English to Make China Strong’: The Globalization of English” and in this article, the first line of the article says “No language has spread as widely as English, and it continues to spread”. This just shows how successful the English
In today’s workforce, jobs are heavily based upon the skills that one has and how well one can perform them in their field of study. A major component skill that lacks in many young people today is writing. Writing plays is an important role in life, one needs it to communicate with other people. If young people are not taught this in their years of schooling and do not learn to master it, consequently they will come out on the bottom with poor writing skills. Which in
In today’s time, the skill of ‘writing well’ has become a more and more sought after. The reason is that this skill is becoming endangered. But why is writing well important? Ultimately, writing is a form of communication. Being able to communicate well with others often plays an essential part to solving problems that will inevitably occur in both our private and professional lives. Writing is the primary basis upon which one’s work, one’s learning, and one’s intellect will be judged. This type of judgement occurs in college, in the workplace, and in the community. Writing well promotes one’s ability to pose worthwhile questions, to explain a complex position to readers, and to give intelligent feedback. To write
Writing is an important skill for all students if they are to become successful in school and in the work place. Student writing skills are known to be a gateway for college success as well as employment and promotion in the workplace (Graham 2008). Data has shown that students at the Nebo School District, in grades 5 and 8 are functioning at or below the average level for writing when compared with
A learner’s ability to communicate effectively through writing to his/her target audiences is a major prerequisite for academic success. It is also a major pillar of success in one’s career across all areas of practice. Even though, writing clearly is critical to one’s academic and career success, I have not always loved writing. In fact, for a long time I despised writing. At one point, I had a feeling that my writings skills were bound to remain stagnated throughout my life. However, time has proven that I was wrong. My attitude and outlook towards virtually all genres of writing has changed positively. The various helpful methods I have been exposed to by my English teachers through different grades have helped me
Effective writing is becoming a real concern among teachers and college professors. As a matter of fact, the quality of writing appears to be worse than it used to be. In past years, studies have proven that there is a constant decline in people's writing ability. This article, Student Writing: Strategies to Reverse Ongoing Decline, gives you some insight as to the decline and ways to improve your writing skills.
Employers and accredited business schools recognize that “good writing skills” are essential for an individual to have in order to thrive in a professional and academic environment. “If both employer and educators recognize the importance of good writing skills, why do they continue to bemoan the lack of such skills” (Simkin, Crew, & Groves, 2012, p. 3-8)? At this time we are going to address “Student Perceptions of Their Writing Skills: Myth and Reality” to further answer these questions. Hopefully, after engaging in this essay, an assessment of your own writing perceptions will ignite a desire for you to become a more effective writer.
In today’s time, Writing well has become a more and more sought after skill. The reason being is that the skill is becoming endangered. But why is writing well important? Ultimately, writing is a form of communication. Being able to communicate well with others is often essential to solving problems that inevitably occur both in our private and professional lives Writing is the primary basis upon which one’s work, one’s learning, and one’s intellect will be judged. This judgement occurs in college, in the workplace, and in the community. Writing well promotes one’s ability to pose worthwhile questions, to explain a complex position to readers, and to give intelligent feedback. To write well one must be able to
English is the business and finance language, medium of social networking sites, the language of travel and speaking English denotes a certain social status. It destroys the barriers of miscommunication between two or more people who has different mother tongues. It helps the development of communication skills of every single person who knows the language even they have different culture. The different leaders in the world can communicate to each other because of English. That is why it is known as the global lingua franca because this language was known to connect people from different sides of the world. It is a catalyst for change because it affects the way people interacts with each other all over the world. It is the tool for understanding, development and
Writing is an art that can only be learned through repetition and practice, much like anything else one must fail to succeed and learn from their mistakes. If one wishes to teach their students properly they must themselves remember what it took for them to get where they are. As the correlation between what is learned and what can be taught must be understood completely.
In many other countries such as India and Philippines English has a dominant role in elite class an upper middle class of society. Indonesian language also achieved no.5 ranking in the world amongst all the languages. The use of Dutch is completely vanished in the Indonesian society and students are also taking English language as an optional subject in their studies. English is not playing a dominant role in the Indonesian education and many of the high scored postgraduates don’t have any knowledge of English. From the social perspective Indonesian language is much more acceptable among all the sections of the society and people easily connect Indonesian language with the culture of Indonesia. There is a serious problem attached with Indonesian language and that problem is the lack of vocabulary and the people are using vernacular languages as the replacement (Dardjowidjojo, 1998). Indonesian language has adopted many technical words from English language such as komputer, handpone and telepon etc. (Hakim, 2015). The Indonesian language needs to develop its vocabulary for attracting youth in
In Indonesia, English is taught in junior high school and senior high school, even in elementary school. Studying English is not a new thing for the students of senior high school before. Teaching English as a foreign language in senior high schools is aimed at providing the students to achieve communicative competence in skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. Although English is not the new thing for Senior high school students, in fact they still have many difficulties in studying English.
English language becomes a part of our life in various aspects such as business, education, economic, social culture and others. As we known that our country is one of favorite destination for the tourists and the language that we use to communicate with them is English language which is widely spoken. Since English has influent in our life and it still have problems in both teachers and students. The main reason that we always have heard from the others is we have our own language, we can communicate with other people in country easily so, it is unnecessary to learn other language. It is wrong idea of those people, but the true reason maybe come from our teaching approach that different areas also
Writing is one of the four basic skills to be taught for the students. It is a way for students to express their idea and opinion. The important of writing can be seen in daily activities when they need to write short texts such as memos, invitation letters, sympathy notes, brochure, article, business letters, applications letter and many others. Through writing students can transfer their experiences and knowledge to others. So, they should be able to produce sentences and develop it into paragraphs and essays. It is active thinking process of the students to plan, arrange and express idea in order the text could be understood by the readers. A good writing helps avoid misunderstanding between the writer’s idea and the reader’s opinion.
English is arguably the most important language to learn and perfect simply because it has become the universal language for information and conversation. Though it takes many different forms or dialects, the language of English has spread throughout the world and has become one of the most important skills a person can possess. British or BBC English became the language of power and prominence during the Second World War before being replaced by American English. Countries that were colonized by the United Kingdom have retained English despite decolonization. In India, speaking English is a sign of education and class. Important government and law offices will conduct business in English as opposed to the Hindu language. In many African countries, speaking English is the key to obtaining a well-paying job. It acts as a link language for companies that employ people who speak a variety of other tribal languages. Because of the industry world’s move into Asia, English has also found a home there. Children in Japan are learning English and mixing it with their own language to create a hybrid that has worked its way into all aspects of Japanese life. Business and media is conducted in English in many countries throughout Asia. Even the places deemed international, the skies and the seas, are ruled by the English language. Any person wanting to conduct business or exchange information with anyone internationally would benefit from having learned the English language. With more