Open AccessTHE STUDY OF THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO USE PUNCTUATION IN WRITING SKILL
Author(s) -
Ika Nuriyanti,
Fitrah Yuliawati
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
wacana didaktika : jurnal pemikiran penelitian pendidikan dan sains/wacana didaktika: jurnal pemikiran penelitian pendidikan dan sains
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-8464
pISSN - 2337-9820
DOI - 10.31102/wacanadidaktika.v5i02.64
Subject(s) - punctuation , sentence , meaning (existential) , linguistics , value (mathematics) , computer science , psychology , philosophy , machine learning , psychotherapist
Writing is one of the skills in English that should be mastered by students. Writing is means of communication whereby writing transmit idea to the reader. There are many steps in teaching writing skill. One of the steps is the teaching of punctuation. Punctuation is an element that has an important role in writing. Punctuation refers to sign on marks used to clarify the writings’ idea and the readers can understand easily the meaning of the sentences. This research used qualitative research, because this research describes about the students’ ability to use punctuation in writing. The research was conducted at Senior High School in Pamekasan. The result of this research found about to what extent students use the punctuation marks. Firstly, external punctuation. Secondly, internal punctuation. thirdly, pairs punctuation. Fourthly, special punctuation. Based on the result of research, it can be concluded that the used punctuation in writing skill in the second semester students of class X state senior high school in Pamekasan couldn’t used punctuation in writing, it showed by the data the average value of student’ couldn’t used punctuation correctly were 73 %. Students’ still confuse or didn’t know used punctuation, and the meaning of the text listed on the sentence that use at the and of sentence or continue with other sentence, and also between declaration and question.