The Essays of Fourth Grade Elementary School Students
A Syntactic Study Based on Character Education Values
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.211222.021How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Syntax; Character Education; Essay
- Abstract
The main objectives of this research are to describe (1) sentence types, (2) sentence unity, and (3) The essays of fourth-grade elementary school students in the Buleleng regency were structured according to the values of character education found in their essays. Data were collected by document recording method. The data collected were analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The findings revealed that: (1) the types of sentences contained in the essays could be classified based on (a) the number of clauses, with 205 single sentences and 91 compound sentences, and (b) the internal structure of the main clause, with 277 complete sentences and 19 incomplete sentences. (2) the presence of a Subject (S) and a Predicate (P) indicates sentence unity: It’s easy to understand the unity of thought in all 277 sentences; (b) only in the form of statement 4, without S or P; (c) 10 sentences without S; and (d) 5 sentences without P. Singular and compound sentence structures are used extensively throughout the essays. Meanwhile, the results of studies concerning the values of character education in the essays include (a) religious, (b) honest, (c) hard work, (d) love of reading, (e) care for the environment, (f) social care, and (g) responsibility.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Ida Bagus Putrayasa AU - Dewa Putu Ramendra PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/21 TI - The Essays of Fourth Grade Elementary School Students BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines (ICIRAD 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 137 EP - 144 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211222.021 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211222.021 ID - Putrayasa2021 ER -