Name : Melvin
Irfan Andhika
NPM : 19144700012
NPM : 19144700012
The Difficulty Of Writing To First
Semester Students That Linked To English Language Lessons In High School
Introduction
"Writing"
is the process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and
spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form. Generally, we
write using a pen/pencil (handwriting) or a keyboard (typing). With a
pen/pencil we usually write on a surface such as paper or whiteboard. A
keyboard is normally attached to a typewriter, computer or mobile device. Voice
recognition programs allow those who can't see or use their hands to have their
thoughts transcribed. Writings is the one of an important
skills when we studying an English Language. Writings also one of many ways to
express something. Maybe the hardest one to be managed,because in the writing
skills we should know how to write something rightly. The letters by
letters,the words by words,until we make our writing good and can be read by
people. For beginners like me and another first semester student especially
majored in English,writing is becomes a frightening specter. Because in my
opinion,writing is difficult to learn if it is not accustomed to and done all
the time. Futhermore English is my foreign language. It is mean,i do not
usually use this language in my daily activities with my family or my friend.
So it can be my difficulties in learning English Language,especially on writing
skills.
I think this is my
first time writing the journal like this,so i am sorry if this journal have a
many mistakes. Maybe if you read it,you can see it that i have a worst
vocabularies and grammatical in my writing skills. Because i never done something
like this before. But i will trying my best to finish this journal.
When I was in
highschool,I never been taught to write something like this. My teacher was thaught
me and another students to answer the question rightly and get high score in
the test.
Discusion
Writing is a process of sharing
information, message, ideas, or thoughts in grammatically correct sentences.
Writing as one of four language skills is considered a difficult skill and it
is also a difficult subject in the school. It is because students have to
produce a text by using English correctly according to the grammatically
correctness. The students have to write what they think in their mind and state
it on a paper by using correct procedure, in narrative text for instance.
Writing also needs series practices to develop this skill. It cannot be
achieved in one time learning only.
There is five language skills in
English. These skills are listening,reading,speaking,and writing. And in my
opinion the most hardest skills to be managed is writing. Why it can be the
hardest one? Because we never learned it deeply. And another problem is the
Language problem itsfelf. Good writing relies on language abilities. Some
of the problem is maybe poor
vocabulary,awkward phrasing and unconventional grammar,inappropriate use of
colloquial language,difficulty with sentence and word order,trouble reading
back what is written, and difficulty with word sounds,spelling and meanings.
The most of Highschool English Language teacher,including my teacher when I was
in Highschool never taught me how to write something like journal like this. I
was a student in SMK N 1 Bantul and my teachers only taught me about how to
answer a question in the test. My Highschool teacher name is Mrs. Agatha
Christiyanti Manullang. Actually she is a good teacher and have a very good
skills in English Language. But she was only taught us the basic of writing.
She more often give us assignment and preparing us for the final
examination/test. I think this is the reason why my writing skills is worst.
And I do not have any experience on writing something like this. Of course I
can not blame that all on my Highschool teacher. I should have learned write by
myself in that time,but I do not do that because I was focused on the majors
that I took at that time. I was majored in computer programming,so I just
focused on coding and developing computer program. And back at that time,I
think the English Language is not too important to learn. Because I just want
to know the meaning of the word and the translation of it. I am not too
interested in writing. Because every Highschool students mindset are how to
pass the National Exam or the Final Exam with a good score. And the abilities
like writing is not too important for them. Becasuse they do not need it at
that time especially Vocational Highschool students like me.
Conclusion
Writing is still become
a frightening specter for the first semester students like me because we do not
really taught to do that in the Highschool. And we not focused in that writing
too because I think that is not our priority in that time.
And this journal is
became my first try and result on my writing. So if my writing has many
mistakes,I apologize for that. I hope with this journal,you all can understand
about the difficulties on writing. Because it is not just write something
randomly. It has so many aspect on it. There is
grammar,form,vocabulary,mechanic,and style. And there are also five elements of
good writing,there are purpose,audience,clarity,unity,and coherence. And guess what,we do not receive that when we
was in the Highschool. So maybe in the future we can change a little bit our
education system,especially on English Language subject. We need to more
prioritizing the English Language subject,because now the English Language is
becoming more important because English Language is the International Language
and became the main Language to communicate with people out there.
So the teacher maybe
will start to taught their students how to write properly. Because writing can
be very useful if we manage that skills. We should practice it everytime it
possible because we can not learn it in short time.
And if teachers do not taugh us in the School,we can still
learn it from many ways. For example from the internet. It is just how we put
effort on this. So,stop rely everything on the School,because we can not
receive every single thing from the School. We should do on ourself sometimes
and get the things that not given by the school. I do not blame the school or
teachers for this,but if we can change it or make it better,we should do that
for the better future.
And maybe that’s it all
for this journal. Thanks for reading it. I am sorry if there is many mistakes.
It is my first time writing something like this. I will more often practicing
my writing skills for another assignment in the future.
I hope you all
understand my point that I write above and Have a great day!
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