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Why we need to have English and writing skill?

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The Importance of English and Writing Skills to Support Future Professions. T oday, the ability to speak English is one of the skills that are in great demand by all young people. It is undeniable that having good English skills can increase the value of one's self-quality. Many of them sometimes even feel inferior if they are not skilled in English and meet friends who are very fluent in English. Someone who is good at English is seen as more expensive than someone who is good at arithmetic. Even in the world of work, English language skills are the main requirement for most companies in accepting job candidates. That means that in addition to being profitable in academics and work, English language skills can also increase a person's interpersonal value. The writing ability is no less important than the ability to speak English. Writing skill is a primer skill that a university graduate must have to support their career. Colleges really pressure the desire of college graduate...

Students' Writing Problems in English as a Second Language

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Students' Writing Problems in English as a Second Language At this meeting, the discussion about the problem of students writing English in Suban and how to solve the problems. Based to the journal written by Dr Ibrahim Mohamed Alfaki, there were 20 students who were involved in the study. The students were asked to write about 250-300 words with the theme “Description of my own town or village”. The student's performance will be monitored twice by 10 English instructors. It aims to find out common mistakes that students often make. So that a solution can be found according to the procedure. Writing is an important element that can significantly develop one's language competence. Through writing skills, a person can express ideas, opinions and thoughts about a thing. The purpose of writing is not only for learning, but can also be used for entertainment, personal pleasure, or healing. Many people or students use blogger sites to share their creative ideas. In that plac...

How Lexical Bundle Affects EFL Writing Quality

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  How Lexical Bundle Affects EFL Writing Quality IN  six academic writing meetings, we attended the Research Talk 11 seminar with speakers Christianus I Wayan Eka Budiartha from Sampoerna University and Siti Aisah, M.Hum. from Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University as moderators. The topic of Research Talk 11 is "EFL Vocabulary Profile and Lexical Collection of Academic Writing: Corpus-Based Studies in English Language Teaching".  What is a lexical bundle??.... Lexical bundles are two or more strings of words that co-occur frequently in a corpus or in a particular register. Lexical Bundles help to shape meanings in specific contexts and contribute to our sense of coherence in a text. There are three distinct strands of research in the study of vocabulary: lexical knowledge, literacy, and metalinguistic awareness. Student literacy can have an important effect on the writing quality of EFL students. The importance of mastery of medium to low-frequency words affects the a...