Comparison Contrast Essay_Writing Spoken Language in Higher Education of Indonesian Students
By miftachudin arjuna - March 09, 2015
(General Statement) Writing spoken language is a common phenomenon among higher education students in Indonesia. Since English is a foreign language, students find it difficult to express their ideas into a good academic writing which fulfills its standard. Their reasons may vary from the grammar and structure, diction, and the notion to rules of formal writing. This phenomenon reduces when students start their classes in higher semester. It means that their writing skills evolve respectively along with the knowledge improvement. Even though some students get improvement in their writing skills, most of them still have spoken language writing.(Thesis Statement) This essay will explain about the nature of writing, the nature of spoken language, and phenomenon of spoken English writing among higher education students.
(Topic Sentence) In language learning, writing belongs to productive skills or language performance. It includes writing journal, free writing, and Academic writing. Writing journal and free writing do not follow the formal standard of writing. They may use spoken language in the composition. On the other hand, academic writing is quite different from both of them. There are writing standards which must be fulfill to have a good writing. They include grammar, diction, punctuation, paraphrasing, sentence and paragraph structure, parallelism etc. Writing skill is a matter of habit which means that it will improve by practicing continuously. Some people said that writing is an art to express ideas into stirring words. By writing, the idea remains either in a hard copy such as draft or in a soft copy such as data. This is the advantage of writing which other people may observe the writer’s point of view from those records.
(Topic Sentence) In contrast, spoken language means the language which is used in speaking. When language serves as a message medium in verbal communication, its main goal is interpersonal communication understanding. Therefore, speaking does not much concern about any specific standards as long as it can make other people understand about what they speak. Further, the grammatical error will not visible because it is a verbal language. For examples, Chinese may say “don’t forget to play play to my house” instead of “don’t forget to play to my house” or you will find the word “civilized urinating” instead of “rest room”. Although speaking is also one part of productive skills, those samples show us that its structure sometimes different from the written one and they are not interchangeable.
(Topic Sentence) The interchangeable phenomenon which spoken language is composed in academic writing happens among higher education students in Indonesia. Writing is relatively new experience for most students since they have practiced it in speaking activity or hear it from their favorite film and song. They may write “ I wanna go to the club tonight”, but it is not acceptable in academic writing because the word “wanna”, which means “want to”, does not exist in formal language. In addition, English does not recognize such abbreviation except in speaking activities. The sentence “could you help me?” shows politeness in spoken language. Rather, the word “could” must be changed into “can” to make it in standard academic writing. Precisely, it must meet grammatical aspect which is syntactical case or subject verb agreement in internal structure of a sentence. Although the rules are clear cut, the students still have those common errors in their writing because of lack of practice and knowledge.
(Conclusion) Writing spoken language is still readable and understandable. It is not accepted in academic or formal writing because it does not meet the standard rules. Understanding the nature of writing will ease the writers to make standard composition. Therefore, they are able to express their ideas clearly, orderly, and logically. A good writing skill does not come at once, thus it is recommended to have lots of practices.
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The outline :
• General Statement : Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are two things that are very important for us nowadays
• Thesis Statement : Through this Essay, I’ll explain its similarities and diferences.
• Topic Sentence 2nd paragraph : The first similarity is, Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi uses no cable for its data transmission.
• Topic sentence 3rd paragraph : The second similarity is , Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi makes a new network for lots of importance.
• Topic sentence 4th paragraph ( transition paragraph ) : After I explain its similarities. I will explain about the differences that are very important to know.
• Topic sentence 5th paragraph : The first difference is Bluetooth can only reach maximal range for 10 meters.
• Topic sentence 6th paragraph : The second difference is Bluetooth can only connect two devices in one time
• Topic sentence 7th paragraph : The third difference is Wi-Fi needs a instalation before using it
• Topic sentencer 8th paragraph ( the last paragraph ) : In conclusion, Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi has plus and minus in its use.
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are two things that are very important for us nowadays. Most of people use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for a lot of importance, such as ; Sharing file and Playing Local Area Network Game. Actually, many people haven’t realized that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are two things that have several similarities and diferences in its use. Through this Essay, I’ll explain its similarities and diferences.
The first similarity is, Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi uses no cable for its data transmission. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi use radio frequency ( RF ) that has level of oscillation approximately 3 Khz – 300 Ghz. RF is also a tool for measuring radio activity in 1 cycle per second.
The second similarity is , Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi makes a new network for lots of importance. Both of them can share files each others. Both of them can also be used for playing Local Area Network Game. As far as I know, The network produced by them is stabil and great enough .
After I explain its similarities. I will explain about the differences that are very important to know.
The first difference is Bluetooth can only reach maximal range for 10 meters. That is why we can’t freely move when use this technology. Wi-Fi is very different, a Wi-Fi has maximal range for 100 meters. Of course ! We will be able to freely move in other places.
The second difference is Bluetooth can only connect two devices in one time . Every device that is working will be connected with onother device. Whereas, Wi-Fi has ability to connect a lot of devices in every single time. This will be better for being used in big community.
The third difference is Wi-Fi needs a instalation before using it. That is confusing enough for new users . Contrary to bluetooth, Bluetooth doesn’t need a installation in its use. One thing that we need to do is turning our bluetooth function on and look over other devices.
In conclusion, Either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi has plus and minus in its use. We should consider the effectiveness when we use them. By knowing them nearly, we will know what technology that should be used in a certain time.