Thanks to ALLAH SWT

Alhamdulillah...alhamdulillahirabbil'alamiin

Hanya itu yang bisa terucap dari hati saat menjumpai kenyataan bahwa Agustus kemaren Roel bisa juga ikut sidang. Mmhhh....serasa mimpi. Soalnya Roel baru bisa ngumpulin draft skripsi tuh hari Rabu..sedangkan sidangnya hari Jum'at. Kebayang ga sih betapa nekatnya aku? Anyway..ternyata ada yg lebih telat dari Roel. Ada juga temen2 yg ngumpulin pas hari Kamisnya. Katanya sih blm ditanda tangan sama Pembimbing I yang kebetulan beliau adalah Ketua Jurusan.

Well....Roel mau ngucapin makasih banyak bwt semua yg udah bantuin...di bawah juga udah Roel posting koq, plus sama abstract juga. Buat yang mau ngambil sbg referensi juga boleh...just call me!

ABSTRACT (it has a copyright!)

ABSTRACT

The Use of Informal Language in Indonesian Muslim Blogger
Members’ Weblogs
(A Descriptive Study of Indonesian Muslim Blogger Members
Who Are Living Abroad and Frequently Using English)

Many factors influence people whether they use formal or informal language in their writings. Some of them are the audience, the purpose, and the subject of writing. Informal written language is used mostly in informal situation. The characterizations of informal written language are the use of colloquialisms, many contractions, sentence fragments, new vocabulary, and short sentences. The study attempted to identify the informal language characteristics of writings in Weblogs. Weblog is known as a media to publish writings using Internet technology. This is a descriptive research that employs qualitative method. This research involved two members of Indonesian Muslim Blogger as the respondents. They were chosen because they are living abroad and frequently using English in their Weblogs. The data are obtained from the respondents’ postings in their Weblogs and the answers of open questionnaire. The research reveals that their writings are indeed consisted of informal language. Both of them have the same preference of informal language characteristics in their Weblogs. The most favorite is new vocabulary, followed by the use of contractions, colloquialisms, and sentence fragments.The research also finds the reasons for using informal language in their Weblogs. R#1 states that he considers Weblog as an informal tool and comprises only for his personal records, whereas R#2 seems to be not realized of her language use in her Weblog. Additionally, she only focuses on her communication goal and does not concern the language use.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim…

Praise be all to Allah SWT, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Shalawat and salam be to Rasulullah Muhammad saw, the best man ever in the world. By the grace of Allah SWT, the writer can finish her paper writing, which is submitted to English Education Department, Faculty of Language and Art Education, Indonesia University of Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Sarjana Degree examination.

I would like to thank all of people who have given their worthy contributions to my research and the paper.

Firstly, I would like to thank Drs. Wachyu Sundayana, M.A., as the main supervisor and Rojab Siti Rodliyah, S.Pd., M.Ed., as co-supervisor, who have donated their time, valuable corrections, guidance, and encouragements in completing the paper. Not to forget Head of English Department Education, Dr. Iwa Lukmana, M.A., for his guidance during my study moment. I won’t forget my valuable lesson in Semantic subject, Sir!

The most warmth love goes to my family. Emah and Apa who have given me their best affections, prayers, financial assistance J and endless L O V E. Not to forget my “three knights,” a.k.a bang El, a Din, en Faisal for your encouragement, also teh Rini “the-already-my-sister-in-law” and the little Iie “my instant niece,” Yuli “the would-be-my-sister-in-law.” The paper is for you all…. at last, I have made it anyway T_T

The important people in helping me for the administration matters, Pak Engkus, Pak Farhan, and Pak Irfan “the man behind Ruangan Skripsi”…thanks a bunch for all your enormous help.

To Pak Bukhori and Bu Emi, thanks for introducing me to this “writing world,” the intellectual and imaginative activity for me, even I am not a good writer =)

To Pak Dedy Suryana for the great motivation. You may not recognize me, but your enlighten words on that Friday evening have motivated me to finish the paper. It is true, I have written my S.Pd. title in my room before finishing my paper ^_^. And also to Kang Eri (whoops…sorry not to call you Bapak J), thanks a bunch for your time to correct my poor grammar. Hope you will always be the students’ inspiration in our Department.

To Emil and Mbak Titi…thanks for your willingness to be my respondents. To Adi Onggo for sharing your knowledge and experience in Weblog research. Also to all of IMB’ers…thanks for becoming my new companions in living my Internet life.

To Rika, Anna, Pipit, and SM for the voucher…thanks a bunch Sis!

To all of people accompanying my best moments in life...Nina, Tita, Rita, Abah, Mr. Didi, Daus’ mom, Deni Doyox cs, Andi, M-Yhes, Agus, all SMUNTIARA alumni, Ovie (I’m glad we meet in the same path..! hoping I can “follow you” soon ^_^), all of Edu A ‘00 (even though someone called us “the UNCIVILIZED people,” it is not a burden to be the best in life..!), ArRoyyan members (truly, my past three years are the joyful years…LanShy for sharing the room, Iyer for your kindness and charity, ‘chubby gal’ for making me full of laughter, Nukla for your encouragement, and Nisrina for your help in taking care the house), my friends in circle (hope we can still keep in touch!), my “daughters” meeting in UPI (thanks for giving me the chance to be more mature), students of SMP GAPURA, and all of you who knows me….sorry not to mention your names…it does not mean you are not important…it’s only a matter of paper ^_*

May Allah SWT bless you all……The last gratitude is for a person who is waiting there…I even do not know you at all.

Senang...Riang...Hatiku Gembira...*ngikutin Sherina*

Whuaaaahhh....leganya...*husy..jgn lebar2 tuh tawanya* Hehehe..;p

Alhamdulillah wa Syukrulillah...wal laa Ilaaha illa huwal hayul qoyyum..Laa haula wa laa quwwata illa biLlah.....

Allah TIDAK tidur!!! Allah TIDAK lalai!!! Allah masih memperhatikan hambaNya.

Alhamdulillah...atas semua kemudahan yg diberikan Allah SWT, hari ini skripsi dgn judul *ganti lagi* The Use of Informal Diction in Indonesian Muslim Blogger Members' Weblog bisa maju sidang.

This morning, I have decided to examine about the informal diction used by IMB members. I have not disscussed it yet with my supervisors, though I have a feeling that I CAN DO THIS.

But then, suddenly, a friend of mine asked about the title and I told her that I have changed the study area. It was about methodology, but now, it is about linguistics. Later on, she told me that if I change my area, I should present it first like I did before. What??? Hey..I do not know if I have to do that..? How come? And how can I present the proposal seminar?? Uh...

Taa..rraa...Alhamdulillah, I made a call to my first supervisor and he told me that if I want (really..really..want) to have the paper exam this period, I have to give the draft soon. Hopefully I can do this tonight and I could finish it on Friday.

Bye...keep crossing your finger, please?

Kuisioner Buat Blogger IMB di Luar Negeri

Remember that I am working my research paper? This is a question for you all to support my data. Please, write down your answer in comment system...thank very much. Hoping Allah will give you better

Mengapa Anda tidak sering menulis posting dalam bahasa Inggris?

Keep praying for me... ^_^

mulai masuk bab 3

Wah..wah..alhamdulillah...pertolongan 4JJI selalu terasa dekat. Setelah kemaren dibilang klo bab 2-nya koq tipis...tadi pas bimbingan lagi udah boleh lanjut ke bab 3. Well, you know...I spent da nite alone in front of computer...I think 4JJI has given His mercy because of my willingness. Not to mentioned the prayer...thanks for all

get stucked again...

Alhamdulillah, roel dah bisa nyelesain bab 2. Tadi pagi menjelang siang, roel bareng sama beberapa temen lainnya ketemuan sama pa supervisor...kita dah seneng aja tuh bapaknya dateng walaupun telat banget, jam 11.30an lho! Kan yg dateng banyak tuh, so antri deh supaya tertib *bebek aja bisa natri ya?* Berhubung roel dateng agak siang, so dapet ketiga dari belakang deh. Pas lagi nunggu giliran, bapaknya keluar, terus bilang, "Masih ada ya? Besok aja ya? Saya lagi nulis soal bwt PGSD dulu, udah dikejar2 dari tadi." Well, the point is, roel ga jadi bimbingan!!!!! TApi sempet ngeliatin bab 2 hasil perjuangan dulu sih, en komentar dari bapak tuh bikin roel gemes sama diri sendiri. Katanya, "Masa untuk bab 2 tipis gini, sih?" :(...

Ya Allah....beri roel kemudahan*menengadahkan tangan*

Weblog Efficacy in Improving Writing Skill

Weblog Efficacy in Improving Writing Skill:
1. Helping bloggers to develop ideas
2. Helping bloggers to have confidence
3. Helping bloggers to find their own voice
4. Helping bloggers to achieve critical thinking
5. Helping bloggers to structure thoughts

Ada yang mau nambahin???

The weblogs usage

The weblogs usage
As mentioned before that bloggers used to present many links and added with comments. The links may be the latest news in the country of bloggers, or the articles that has something to do with the bloggers’ interest.
In recent times, people have also added their writings such as essays, poems, and a story about his or her days. The bloggers have the freedom to determine what is to write or fill in their weblogs. This is what makes a weblog can be called an online diary or journal. Many writings can be posted without any worrying to be refused as the writers deal with when they send their writings to the mass media. In the web, they can do publishing. Many voices could be conveyed, dreams could be expressed, stands could be argued and all of this can be done as easily as an instant message is sent (Blood, 2000).

The Weblogs Organization

The Weblogs Organization
A weblog has at least a blog header, posting, archives links, and personal identity. Furthermore, as there are many sites offer accessories to beautify the look of weblog, people begin to put these in their weblog. These include a commentary system, a shoutbox, a list of friends’ weblogs, and a hit counter.
1. A blog header. This is on the top of weblog.
2. Postings. Postings are the entries that the blogger write on. They are probably list of links and commentary, essays, poems, personal thoughts and any kind of writings. They generally appear in chronological order where the latest entry will be on the top of postings area. When someone looks in on others weblog, he or she will always cope with the newest information at the top of the page (Hourian, 2002).
3. Archives link. It is the area that we can see the archives in which bloggers have posted. Other bloggers can click one of the links to read the previous postings.
4. Personal identity. The bloggers may describe themselves in a sentence or even a detail of their personal identity.
5. A commentary system. It is the place where other bloggers can comment on what has been posted. The system provides an interactive communication among bloggers since it will encourage a discussion.
6. A shoutbox. It gives a chance for bloggers to have a simple chat. It is generally used for saying hello, sending regards, asking ‘how are you doing?’ and so on.
7. A list of friends’ weblogs. It is the place where the bloggers provide links to the friends. A blogger often visits another blog whose the owner are not their friends through this links. The activity arouses a new community in the Internet.
8. A hit counter. It is used to see how often the weblog is visited by others.

Weblog as a New Phenomenon in Internet

Weblog as a New Phenomenon in Internet
Recently, Internet has been developed radically. We are familiar with e-mail for some years, but now we are facing what called ‘weblog’ as a new service in Internet. Weblog—or blog in short—is a kind of personal website. The term was used firstly by Jorn Barger in December 1997 (Blood, 2000) to name personal sites containing list of links that has been visited and added commentary by the editor referred to as a ‘blogger.’ In the first time, weblogs were only created by those who already knew how to make a website. However, since August 1999 there is a rapid growth of weblog as Pyra launched Blogger.com, a tool to build our own weblog freely even without knowing much about the code HTML (Nasution, 2001).
Suddenly a community of weblog sprang up. There are more than 100,000 weblogs that using Blogger.com services. In addition, there are other sites providing a tool to build weblog, such as Groksoup, Velocinews, and Edit This Page. All of these services are free and also designed to make individuals can publish their own weblog fast and without difficulty (Blood, 2000).

Weblog as a New Phenomenon in Internet
Recently, Internet has been developed radically. We are familiar with e-mail for some years, but now we are facing what called ‘weblog’ as a new service in Internet. Weblog—or blog in short—is a kind of personal website. The term was used firstly by Jorn Barger in December 1997 (Blood, 2000) to name personal sites containing list of links that has been visited and added commentary by the editor referred to as a ‘blogger.’ In the first time, weblogs were only created by those who already knew how to make a website. However, since August 1999 there is a rapid growth of weblog as Pyra launched Blogger.com, a tool to build our own weblog freely even without knowing much about the code HTML (Nasution, 2001).
Suddenly a community of weblog sprang up. There are more than 100,000 weblogs that using Blogger.com services. In addition, there are other sites providing a tool to build weblog, such as Groksoup, Velocinews, and Edit This Page. All of these services are free and also designed to make individuals can publish their own weblog fast and without difficulty (Blood, 2000).

my respondent

who would be my respondents?

tadinya neh...mau temen2 blogger...dah gitu ganti jadi mahasiswa...dah gitu ganti lagi deh jadi member IMB jawa barat (kayaknya sih isinya orang bandung sadayana)so...bwt blogger yg jadi member IMB..roel mohon bantuannya...

Semangat!!!

ganti judul lagi (lagi..lagi..dan lagi..)

Udah lama juga ya roel me-neglect-kan blog yg satu ini. Alhamdulillah setelah melewati masa2 pencarian, roel maju juga dgn judul kayak diatas. Thanks bwt adiyg mau bantuin. Semoga dibalas Allah dengan yg lebih baik.

Semoga judul yg ini adalah judul terakhir, semoga my supervisor juga bisa diajak kerkasama, moga kalo bimbingan dilancarkan ALlah, moga....semua yg telah roel jalanani mendapat pahala di sisi Allah...

Doakan ya...keep your fingers crossed for me

ngapain sih capek2 ngadain penelitian?

Sebagaimana yg tercantum di proposal yg sekarang ini dah di-approved (alhamdulillah) ini adalah tujuan my research.

The aims of the present study are:
1. to discover the process of writing skill improvement in using a weblog
2. to find out the advantages and if any, the drawbacks that become the factors influencing the writing skill improvement