Structural Decription of Bindu N. Lohani on The Jakarta Post Newspaper

STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS OF
BINDU N. LOHANI ON
THE JAKARTA POST
NEWSPAPER
A PAPER WRITTEN

BY
YOGI JULIAN PRATAMA
REG. NO : 122202077

DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAMME
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDY
NORTH SUMATERA UNIVERSITY
MEDAN
2015

It has been proved by
Supervisor,

Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A.
NIP. 19521 1261981121 001


Submitted to Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for DIPLOMA (D-III) in English

Approved by
Head of Diploma III English Study Program,

Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A.
NIP. 19521 1261981121 001

Approved by the Diploma III English Study Program
Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatra
as a Paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination

Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the D-III Examination of the Diploma III English Study Program, Faculty of
Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera.

The examination is held on August 2015


Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera
Dean,

Dr. Syahron Lubis,MA
NIP. 19511013197603 1 001

Board of Examiners
1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP)
2.Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Supervisor)
3. Drs.Siamir marulafau, M.Hum (reader)

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I,YOGI JULIAN PRATAMA, declare that I am the sole author of this
paper.Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper
contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a
paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree.

No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main

text of this paper.This paper has not been submitted for the award of another
degree in any tertiary education.

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August 2015

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Name

: YOGI JULIAN PRATAMA

Title of Paper

: Structural Decription of Bindu N. Lohani on The
Jakarta Post Newspaper


Qualification

: D-III / Ahli Madya

Study Program

: English

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of the Librarian of the Diploma III Department Faculty of Cultural Study USU on
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August 2015


ABSTRACT
In order to write this paper, the writer applied descriptive linguistics technique
with the required data which are taken from written text, that was found in the
newspaper of Jakarta Post which was published on Saturday March 14th, 2015. In
the paper the writing of Bindu N. Lohani the vice-president sustainable
development and knowledge management, Asian Development Bank. The whole
data will be given the descriptions dealing with the form of sentences used and so
the tenses he applied. The title of his writing is entitled Sendai Meeting is Key
Chance to Build Asia’s Disaster Resilience. So as the descriptions showing to the
writer of this paper that he uses two forms of sentences, they are affirmative and
negative out of thirty-three sentences. There are six different tenses he applied,
they are Present Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Future
Tense, Past Tense, dan Past Future Tense.

ABSTRAK
Kertas karya tulis ini membicarakan tentang pola-pola kalimat yang digunakan
oleh Bindu N. Lohani, the vice-president sustainable development and knowledge
management, Asian Development Bank beserta dengan tenses dalam bahasa
Inggris. Untuk mendeskripsikan tulisan tersebut penulis menggunakan teknik
linguistik deskriptif dengan menggunakan data dari bahan tertulis. Setelah seluruh

kalimat didiskripsikan maka dapatlah ditemukan bahwa Lohani hanya
menggunakan dua bentuk kalimat, yaitu kalimat berita dan kalimat menidakkan
dalam pola kalimat Subjek—Predicate—Complement. Tenses yang digunakan
ada sebanyak enam tenses, yaitu Present Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present
Continuous Tense, Future Tense, Past Tense, dan Past Future Tense.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to thank Allah subhanahu wata’ala for blessing
and giving me time, guidance, strength, and enlightment so I can finally complete
this paper which is one of my requirements as a student of English department to
achive the degree of Diploma III at Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of
Sumatera Utara.
I have to admit that I could never finish this paper if I were not surrounded
by some amazing people who made me make a short list of thankfulness:


My deepest love to my beloved parents, Sugianto, SH and Sri Mawar
Wati for their prayers, patiences, and supports. They are the greatest gift
in my life; and also to






My brothers Arief Prayudha and Hafizul Ichsan.
My sincere thanks to Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring M.A., as the Head of
Diploma III English Study Program and my supervisor, for his time,
advice, and patience.



My sincere thanks to Drs.Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum. as reader of my
paper.Thankyou for your time,care,patience in completing this paper.



My sincere thanks to Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A., as the Dean of Faculty of
Cultural Studies, University of sumatera Utara.




My deepest gratefulness to all lecturers and staffs in Diploma III English
Study Program for having given me their great support, advice, and
knowledge sincerely for the latest three years.



My deepest thanks to my best friends (Budel, Gilang, Fuad, Ferdinan,
Jefry, Rico, Dhuha, Abangda Yoze, Abangda Achmad, Abangda
Hery, Bobby, Krib-krib, Arfie, Faris and Veritas) for loyalty, love,
suggestion, happy time, and sad time.



My sincere thanks to all my friends in SOLIDAS.
I do realize that there are some mistakes in writing this paper which make

it away from exelence. Therefore, all criticisms and suggestions are trully
expected to improve it.
Finally, I wish this paper can be useful to all readers especially those who

are interested in making it as a reference of any purposes.

Medan,

August 2015

The writer,

Yogi Julian Pratama
Reg. No. 122202077

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION
ABSTRACT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS


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INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………
The Background of the Writing ………..….…………
The Problems
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The Scopes of Writing
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The Purposes of Writing ………………....…………….
The Methods of writing
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ………………

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THE STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS ………………

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CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ………………
Conclusion
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Suggestion
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BIBLIOGRAPHY ………................................................………

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APPENDICS ....................................................................

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