Written by Ari Julianto
Bahasa penulisan skripsi untuk FKIP Bahasa Inggris tidak jauh berbeda dengan syarat penulisan sebuah skripsi dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Kedua-duanya menjunjung tinggi kesoponan bahasa dan penggunaan bahasa resmi (formal). Namun, secara gramatikal tentu jauh berbeda. Berikut ini, saya mencoba merangkum sejumlah syarat penulisan skripsi ditinjau dari penggunaan Bahasa Inggris.
1. Pergunakanlah Bahasa Inggris resmi (formal language),
2. Hindari penggunaan kata atau istilah yang dipakai dalam slang, jargon dan sebagainya,
3. Jika Anda menggunakan British English, konsistenlah untuk tetap berpedoman dalam British English. Jika Anda menggunakan American English, konsistenlah untuk tetap berpedoman dalam American English,
4. Perhatikan apakah subjek sesuai dengan kata kerjanya (Verb Agreement). Misalnya
Right: “Reading Tolstoy, we conclude that he is a patrician observer of Russia’s moral landscape.”
Wrong: “Reading Tolstoy, it is clear that he is a patrician observer of Russia’s moral landscape.”
5. Perhatikan juga penggunaan paralellisme. Misalnya
Wrong: “His reactions are similar to a moonstruck lover.”
Right: “His reactions are similar to a moonstruck lover’s
6. Tidak dibenarkan menyingkatkan kata untuk kata kerja bantu. Misalnya
Wrong: don't, it's, wouldn't
Right: do not, it is, would not
7. Hindari penggunaan and so forth, etc dengan menggunakan alternatif seperti di bawah ini
Wrong: Analysis involves using summaries, coding etc. to select, focus and simplify data.
Right: Analysis involves using summaries, coding and other techniques to select, focus and simplify data
8.Hindari penggunaan subjek I, We, dan You dengan alternatif seperti di bawah ini
Wrong: You can find support for this proposition in several studies.
Right: Support for this proposition can be found in several studies.
9. Meletakkan adverb seiring dengan verb. Misalnya
Wrong: In this section, first I will discuss how commercial buildings can be built in economical ways
Right: In this section, I will first discuss how commercial buildings can be built in economical ways.
Wrong: Then any underlying causes can be identified and adressed.
Right: Any underlying causes can then be identified and adressed.
10. Setiap paragraf semestinya terfokus pada satu gagasan yang mendukung keutuhan. Mulailah paragraf dengan topic sentences, support assertions with evidence, dan perluas gagasan Anda dengan cara yang paling mudah dipahami.
11. Untuk Kesimpulan (Conclusion), Anda bisa menggunakan frase-frase seperti berikut
Ways to introduce your conclusion:
• So...
• It is clear that...
• In conclusion,...
• In light of the evidence...
• Having considered some of the
important arguments...
• These examples suggest/demonstrate/prove/indicate...
12. Perhatikan syarat penggunaan tenses di bawah ini.
• Present tense is used for relating what other authors say and for discussing the literature,theoretical concepts, methods, etc.
“In her article on biodiversity, Jones stipulates that ….”
In addition, use the present tense when you present your observations on the literature.
“However, on the important question of extinction, Jones remains silent.”
• Past tense is used for recounting events, results found, etc.
“Jones and Green conducted experiments over a ten-year period. They determined that it was not possible to recreate the specimen.”
• Future tense is used for describing how you will accomplish your research.
“This thesis will challenge Jones and Green’s conclusions about biodiversity and will propose a new
approach to the problem of species extinction.”
13. Perhatikan spelling. Pengetikan skripsi/thesis melalui microsoft word sudah menyediakan check spelling.
Demikianlah pembahasan kita kali ini. Semoga bermanfaat. Amin.
