AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS WRITTEN BY PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF STIK BINA HUSADA PALEMBANG

Abstract

: One of the student's obligations as a graduation requirement is to write a thesis. Scientific writing is written work that is systematically arranged according to certain rules according to the results of scientific thinking. There are several types of scientific work reports, namely: research reports, scientific works, dissertations, and proposals. Abstract is an important part of a scientific work located on the first page of a scientific paper. Abstract is a brief description of a scientific work, background, questions, methods used, results obtained, conclusions, and recommendations. This paper discussed the results of the analysis of the errors in English abstract of postgraduate students STIK Bina Husada Palembang majoring Public Health Study Program in Scientific Writing Course. The design of this type of research was observational with a descriptive approach. The aim was to collect data through observation of scientific documents which aims to explain the feasibility of writing the English abstracts. 100% abstracts were appropriate in giving background detail, 70% were appropriate in describing the research activity and stating the conclusion, while reporting result only 60% and 40% describing the methods were appropriate. Google Translate sometimes cannot convert the word meanings appropriately, such as Posyandu, Gasurkes, and Perwali . The students must recheck their work and not rely solely on the translation application. Abstract is the result of a summary that includes the essence of the scientific work, it is also a benchmark for the content of scientific works. Whether a reader is interested in a scientific work also depends on the abstract. The abstract is located on the first of the article and is designed to help the reader gain a quick understanding and explain the purpose and content of the research (Polontalo & Golpour, 2014). Abstract is a brief description of a scientific work, background, questions, methods used, results obtained, conclusions, and recommendations. papers academic skills students need to complete their studies. With these skills, new information, new ideas, research, and research Abstract is an important part of a scientific work. Located on the first page of a scientific paper, it contains a summary of the research conducted. Abstract provides a brief description of the contents of a scientific paper. Abstract can be interpreted as a summary of a scientific work. Abstract must be written accurately, easy to read, clear, and concise. The word count is about 250-300 words. Abstracts of scientific papers are usually written in 2 languages, namely Indonesian and English. student will dictionary find difficult (1) what translation method is Translate in abstract translation and (2) what type of errors are committed by GT in Indonesian-English abstract translation. The result of this study showed that GT implemented the literal translation method and committed several linguistic errors and many translations errors. This paper discusses the results of the analysis of the errors of STIK Bina Husada Palembang in making English abstracts in their Scientific Writing Courses.