International Conference on Translation Persidangan Penterjemahan Antarabangsa ke-15 (PPA15)

RATIONALE

RATIONALE

WHAT IS SELF-CORRECTION?

• Students majoring translation studies at the Master Program of University of Sumatera Utara

• Holding a minimum paper-based TOEFL score of 500

• Graded Excellent in L1 based on UKBI

• Having a good typing skill (more than 27 wpm with more than 95% of accuracy)

PARTICIPANTS

FINDING AND

DISCUSSIONS

No. Types of Self-Correction Frequency Percentage

1 Word Deletion (WD) 111 36.04%

2 Spelling (S) 78 25.32%

3 Word Substitution (WS) 58 18.83%

4 Return (R) 27 08.77%

5 Meaning (M) 17 05.52%

6 Capitalization (C) 9 02.92%

7 Grammar (G) 8 02.60%

Total 308 100%

WORD DELETION (WD)

WD

Word

Word

Incomplete Word

Repeated Word

Phrase

SPELLING CORRECTION

FINDING

WORD SUBSTITUTION (WS)

OTHER TYPES OF SELF-

CORRECTIONS

CONCLUSIONS

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