Problematika mahasiswa ipb dalam menulis skripsi: Ditinjau dari sudut pandang kebahasaan

Abstract

Mahasiswa memiliki kemampuan menulis gagasan dalam bahasa Indonesia, tetapi banyak yang menulis tidak sesuai dengan aturan. Untuk itu, ada empat tujuan penelitian, yaitu: 1) mendeskripsikan penerapan teori bahasa baku bahasa Indonesia dalam proses penulisan skripsi mahasiswa; 2) menganalisis kesalahan materi yang paling banyak dilakukan oleh mahasiswa; 3) menganalisis penyebab terjadinya kesalahan penerapan bahasa tulis; 4) menganalisis materi yang perlu mendapat penekanan dalam mata kuliah Bahasa Indonesia. Secara umum mahasiswa IPB menyatakan bahwa mereka tidak mengalami kesulitan dalam pemakaian tata bahasa baku bahasa Indonesia saat menyusun skripsi, tetapi dilihat per materi, mereka mengalami kendala. Selanjutnya, kesalahan yang dilakukan mahasiswa dalam menulis skripsi dari segi bahasa menurut dosen, jarang, tetapi dilihat per materi, teryata berbeda-beda. Kesalahan paling banyak adalah penyusunan kalimat, paragraf dan pengutipan. Penyebab terjadinya kesalahan itu ada lima, yaitu 1) tidak menggunakan buku-buku pedoman dalam penulisan karya ilmiah; 2) kurang membaca dan memiliki literatur; 3) kurang latihan; 4) lebih banyak berbicara; 5) faktor kelelahan. Materi yang perlu penekanan dan pendalaman berdasarkan hasil wawancara dengan responden berbeda-beda. Kesimpulan adalah mahasiswa mengalami kendala yang berbeda-beda dari segi bahasa.

Students have capabilities in expressing their ideas in Indonesian language; however, many of them do not write correctly in terms of the contemporary writing rules. This study aims at 1) describing the application of contemporary Indonesian linguistic theory in students’ thesis writing; 2) analyzing the most frequent mistakes found in their writing; 3) analyzing the causes of the mistakes; 4) identifying the course materials that need to be emphasized in Indonesian language subject. The study showed that in general IPB students did not experience a lot of difficulties in using contemporary Indonesian grammar in their thesis writing a lthough their mistake areas varied. In lecturers’ view students rarely made mistakes in terms of the language although when the materials were examined, there were various mistakes found. The most frequent mistakes made were sentence construction, paragraph writing, and use of quotations. These were mainly because students: 1) did not use writing guideline books when writing their thesis; 2) did not read enough nor had adequate reference materials; 3) did not practice enough writing; 4) tended to put more emphasis on oral language; 5) were tired. Based on the results of interviews, respondents identified different points as to which materials needing to be emphasized and discussed deeper. Overall it can be concluded that students did not face any significant difficulty in writing their thesis although some mistakes could still be found in their thesis.