College Level L2 English Writing Competence: Conjunction And Errors?
McCrimmon (1967:129) states that a paragraph consists of a point in one unit of supporting ideas. He also states that the transitional paragraphs may be used in several ways such as: 1) to sum up before beginning the next unit, 2) to introduce a series of illustrations, and 3) to show what the writer intends to do next.
In order to bring the continuity in paragraph, Gorrell (1967:123) considers the topic sentence as the main key sentence which will help writers in developing paragraphs. Similarly, Guth (1966:261) states that a topic sentence is a central idea of a paragraph as the key paragraph. Besides that, the transitional phrase and recurrent terms as repetition or paraphrase of important words or phrases also help writers in proceeding …show more content…
The first is entitled “College-level L2 English writing competence: conjunction and errors” by Mo Li. The study is conducted to examine the fluency, complexity and accuracy of college-level L2 English writing, analyze the errors produced by subjects, and uncover the features of the writing. The research focused on conjunction and error of conjunction which are used in cohesion and coherence as the main data which is analyzed. To find out the data, the researcher will use writing test which should be wrote only 200 words in one paragraph in one topic ‘My Hometown’. The result from the research is divided into three aspects: a) there is a higher frequency of fluency, complexity and accuracy in writing subjects although there is an insignificant percentage for the correct clause of two table MSTTRs and as the result of the test, most of the writing products spoken writing rather than conventional academic writing. b) The most errors that shown in the research is in verb forms because the learners who has been research are native languages that do not have concept of English. c) and the last aspect is conjunctive items and adverbs. The study found that but is the most frequently used as conjunctive and very is the most frequently used in …show more content…
The study concerned with examining of the relationship between EFL learner’s locus of control and their L2 reading and writing achievement. The study used Internal Control Index as the main instrument and measured the L2 reading and writing achievements of 136 undergraduate students who study English as their major in two universities followed by an interview. The result of the research has found that there are positive correlation between locus of control and L2 reading and writing achievement which is supported by the interviewed that obtained from
In order to bring the continuity in paragraph, Gorrell (1967:123) considers the topic sentence as the main key sentence which will help writers in developing paragraphs. Similarly, Guth (1966:261) states that a topic sentence is a central idea of a paragraph as the key paragraph. Besides that, the transitional phrase and recurrent terms as repetition or paraphrase of important words or phrases also help writers in proceeding …show more content…
The first is entitled “College-level L2 English writing competence: conjunction and errors” by Mo Li. The study is conducted to examine the fluency, complexity and accuracy of college-level L2 English writing, analyze the errors produced by subjects, and uncover the features of the writing. The research focused on conjunction and error of conjunction which are used in cohesion and coherence as the main data which is analyzed. To find out the data, the researcher will use writing test which should be wrote only 200 words in one paragraph in one topic ‘My Hometown’. The result from the research is divided into three aspects: a) there is a higher frequency of fluency, complexity and accuracy in writing subjects although there is an insignificant percentage for the correct clause of two table MSTTRs and as the result of the test, most of the writing products spoken writing rather than conventional academic writing. b) The most errors that shown in the research is in verb forms because the learners who has been research are native languages that do not have concept of English. c) and the last aspect is conjunctive items and adverbs. The study found that but is the most frequently used as conjunctive and very is the most frequently used in …show more content…
The study concerned with examining of the relationship between EFL learner’s locus of control and their L2 reading and writing achievement. The study used Internal Control Index as the main instrument and measured the L2 reading and writing achievements of 136 undergraduate students who study English as their major in two universities followed by an interview. The result of the research has found that there are positive correlation between locus of control and L2 reading and writing achievement which is supported by the interviewed that obtained from