Arisya Putri

Plagiarism is an act of plagiarizing the work of others without the permission of the creator of the work. Someone who commits plagiarism is aware that the behavior he is doing is wrong and very disgraceful. Academic writing is a challenge for EFL students because there are many things that need to be considered, one of which is plagiarism. Plagiarism is a prohibited practice in academic writing. However, students from primary to secondary school are used to the method of copying or imitating teachers. So that it becomes one of the problems and bad habits that are common things that students often do when writing. According to this article, there are some students who consciously plagiarized other’s writing. Students who commit plagiarism mentioned that is because as a non-native speaker, the ability to summarize or paraphrase text is still insufficient to native speakers.  Aside from that, they are not very aware of plagiarism itself.   Plagiarism and Academic Writing of...

Joining the content from the 2018 ADE report is data available through Humanities Indicators, A Project of the American  Academy of Arts & Sciences, which also affirm that the number of individuals completing. English degrees has fluctuated for decades. While the number of completed English degrees experienced an increase in the 1960s, there was a dramatic decline in the 1980s before a slight resurgence in the 1990s. The current decline has been particularly significant since 2009: the only humanities degree programs to experience notable growth since this time have been in communications, with an eight percent increase (American Academy of Arts &  Sciences, 2017). Perhaps the number of students pursuing a communications degree is growing because students assume it is more applicable to a professional setting or provides more practical skills than what is perceived as a vague, traditional English degree. A recent perusal of advertisements with “communications” as a par...

Writing is one of the important skills that we must learn. Writing is not just stringing words together. Writers need to understand the purpose of writing before finally creating a beautiful literary work. In addition, writing is also a medium of communication between writers and their readers. Writing allows people to communicate their thoughts, emotions, or stories to others. Writing is a skill that everyone must practice continuously. Therefore, many people find it difficult to master this skill. Many of us often still find it difficult when writing, such as difficulty conveying the ideas we think or problems expressing complex topics in writing, and many other challenges. Of the many factors that hinder the effectiveness of students in writing, several common factors are usually felt by students in writing, among others, the first is grammatical problems. There are various causes for the writing problem. For starters, that is the nature of the writing process. Writing is a difficul...

 Formulaic language is defined as sequences of words "stored and retrieved whole from the memory at the time of use, rather than being subject to generation or analysis by the language grammar" (Wray and Perkins 2000, 1).  Lexical Bundle is defined as "a recurring sequence of three or more words" that "commonly go together in natural discourse" (Biber et al. 1999, 990).  Lexical bundles are two or more string of words that co-occur frequently in a corpus. Hence, this corpus-based research design study examines the effects of lexical bundles on English as a foreign language learner’s abstract genre academic writing skills, and it also investigates students’ perception towards lexical bundles instruction to enhance their academic writing skills. Lexical bundles, on the other hand, are groups of words that appear repeatedly in the same register. Combinations of three or more words identified empirically in a natural language corpus. Students have instructed t...

Formal Writing A formal piece of writing is used when we do not have any idea of the person, or when we know the person but haven’t exchanged words, or we are not having familiar terms with the person who receives the letter. Here, we use formal language which indicates dignified and deferential regard for the reader. It is used when writing for academic, professional and legal purposes. Formal Writing is a bit difficult as we have to consider some important points are to be kept in mind with respect to: -Word choice and tone should be polite. -No use of first and second person singular pronouns -Use of positive and literal language and academic vocabulary. -Avoiding repetition and over generalisation. Use of proper spelling, grammar and punctuation -No use of contractions, cliche, colloquial diction and abbreviations -Sentences are fully elaborated and concluded. -Avoid use of jargons. -No emotional language -No statistics without proper reference. -Full of objectivity, as proper evid...

Gender Equality  In a society, everyone has the right to lead his/her life accordingly without any discrimination. When this state is achieved where all individuals are considered to be equal irrespective of their caste, gender, colour, profession, and status, we call it equality. Equality can also be defined as the situation where every individual has the same rights and equal opportunity to grow and prosper. Every individual of society dreams for equal rights and access to resources available at their disposal, but there is a lot of discrimination. This discrimination can be due to cultural differences, geographical differences, the colour of the individual, social status and even gender. The most prevalent discrimination is gender inequality. It is not a localised issue and is limited to only certain spheres of life but is prevalent across the globe. Even in progressive societies and top organisations, we can see many examples of gender bias. Gender equality can only be achieved...