NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER EXAMINING AND IMPROVING ESSAYS WRITTEN BY PROSPECTIVE NON-NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS: A CASE AT ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF PURWOREJO MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Translating Indonesian essays into English ones performed by students of English Education Program of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University needs to be improved in some aspects if the translated essays are published for readers in the English speaking countries such as United Kingdom and United States of America. The research done by the writer aims at investigating the Native English Teacher (NET)‟s opinion or improvements when the NET is to read and examine the essays written by students of English Education Program or Prospective Non-Native English Teachers (NNETs). Such English essays constitute the result of students assignment, i.e. translating Indonesian essays into English ones. The research which was accomplished in 2016 collaborated with a NET, i.e. an English lecturer at Ohio State University, United State of America. The findings of the research focus on comparing the English sentences written by prospective NNETs and the NET‟s revisions as the result of his improvements. Such findings indicate, among others, that students sentences tend to be wordy or ineffective. As a consequence, the NET‟s improvements frequently change these sentences into the effective ones. Besides, the NET tend to change the passive sentences written by the prospective NNETs into the active ones.

Keywords: student‟s essay, NET‟s revisions, comparing