Common Errors in Academic Writing (CMIIW)

Here is the example;


    "The objectives of this research are (1) to find out whether the use of Students Team achievement Division (STAD) improve students’ achievement in writing skill at fourth semester of English department (2) to find out whether the use of STAD motivate the students in learning writing skill at fourth semester of English department. 
    This research employed quasi-experimental design. It used two groups, one received treatment STAD and the other group received GI. The subjects of this research were class F and G. These two classes were then taken randomly to represent them as experiment and control group. Class F was chosen as the experimental group consisted of 30 students, while class G was chosen as control group which consisted of 30 students. The data of this research was collected through writing test and questionnaire.
    The result of this research were (1) the use of STAD improved the writing achievement of the fourth semester students in experimental class. (2) The motivation of the fourth semester students as experimental class showed a great positive in learning writing by using STAD. It means that the fourth semester students were motivated in learning writing by using STAD. Most of the students agreed to use of STAD because it could built students’ confidence and finding ideas."

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