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Apr
30

Fiuhhh…finally I’m released from the bind of mid-term test.

I’m FREEE!!!!!  I’m FrEEEEE!!!!!

Mid-term test for this semester was so exhausting. First, there were 2 take-home exams which, of course, means that they were papers to be done. Anyway, though I had finished far from the due date, even before mid-term, but some tests was really bewildering me :( :( . For example, “Morphology” : The test was about token and type of both derivational and inflectional morphemes, while in the book there is no adequate information about that. But when I  scrutinize again my Morphology book, Oh God!!!! There is. But the explanation about those morphemes are within a black box that is unreadable due to the low printing quality that causes any words within the black box turns to black as well. Nice!!!!!!!!! :( :(

Oh anyway, I’d better tell about my paper. Actually, I wrote one of my papers half-hearted as I was a bit annoyed with some facts about that course. Well, just put it aside. There were 2 courses that required paper for the mid-term test i.e. Academic Writing and Australian Studies.

For Academic Writing, there were many conditions that must be fulfilled since it deals with the academic writing format. The students were only required to write a 5-page article, 1-page abstract in english, 1-page abstract in Bahasa Indonesia, and also 1-page or more for Works Cited. Oh yeah, this article must be written based on MLA style. Despite of MLA, but the margin set by the lecturer differs from MLA standard. Anyway it’s OK. continue reading…..