58 article " Teaching English Abstract Writing Effectively"

Name : Nurmala Eka Putri
Npm : 16611025

Teaching English Abstract Writing Effectively
The aim of this article is to demonstrate how to teach formal writing, particularly the writing of abstracts in
English.
The knowledge of formal writing is very important in present global world. However, it is the skill which usually
receives little attention.
As it has been indicated above, the writing of abstracts in English is not easy because it requires not only a good
level of proficiency of a foreign language but also being able to think in a foreign language and structure the main
ideas clearly and logically. Therefore, foreign language teacher must take it in consideration and choose such
strategies which would best chronologically and effectively lead a learner through the whole process of the writing
an abstract in a foreign language, in this case English. Then such teaching and learning can be a challenge for both
the teacher and student.