Penulis / NIM
OPIN ANOGU / 321413130
Program Studi
S1 - PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
Pembimbing 1 / NIDN
TITIEN FATMAWATY MOHAMMAD, S.Pd, M.App Ling / 0028127704
Pembimbing 2 / NIDN
SRI WIDYARTI ALI, S.Pd, M.Hum / 0006098201
Abstrak
Abstract
Opin Anogu. 321 413 130. 2018. "Students' Problems in Paraphrasing" Undergraduated Thesis. Department of English Language Education, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. The first advisor is Titien Fatmawaty Mohammad, S.Pd, M.App Ling and the second advisor is Sri Widyarti Ali, S.Pd. M.Hum
The aims of this study is to identify and to describe the students' problems in paraphrasing experts opinion. This study applied mix method as the research method. The object of this study is undergraduate students of department of English language education, sixth semester, class of 2014, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. The data were collected from paraphrasing test, and interview. In analyzing the data, the researcher used some theories that relevant to this study. These theories are the theory of paraphrase, taxonomy of paraphrase types, and the problems in paraphrasing. The finding of the data analysis showed 40,28 % of the students' ability qualified in minimal revision type. There were 23 out of 30 students unsuccessfully perform decent paraphrasing, while the other 7 students are the opposite. From the test, it was found that the students did not apply the strategies in paraphrasing well. Respondents of interviewees mentioned changing the content, changing the word, changing the grammar as their problems in paraphrasing. Furthermore, lack of understanding and lack of vocabulary discovered as the students' problems in paraphrasing.
Keywords: paraphrasing problems, academic writing
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