WACANA DIDAKTIKA
Vol 5 No 02 (2017): Desember 2017

The Study of The Students’ Ability to Use Punctuation in Writing Skill

Fitrah Yuliawati (Universitas Islam Madura)
Ika Nuriyanti (Universitas Islam Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Dec 2017

Abstract

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 Madura Islamic University. 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.

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Journal Info

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wacanadidaktika

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Chemistry Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Physics Other

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WACANA DIDAKTIKA adalah jurnal pemikiran penelitian pendidikan dan sains yang secara khusus memuat artikel ilmiah seputar pendidikan dan sains, baik berupa hasil peikiran konseptual ataupun hasil penelitian. Wacana didaktika terbit setiap semester (dua kali dalam setahun) yaitu setiap bulan Juni dan ...