The importance of effective sentence learning is done to hone students' abilities in expressing ideas that can be directly understood by readers / listeners without causing multiple interpretations. Students who are each time faced with college assignments are required to make good writing in the form of papers, essays, scientific articles that require knowledge of effective sentences. The choice of sentence effectively makes communication in written form very communicative and not long-winded.
In conveying the idea of using effective sentences, students are expected to be able to understand the use of effective sentences in sentences and paragraphs. However, in reality there are still many students who do not understand the use of an effective sentence in sentences such as the preparation of practical reports which always present a theoretical review that is quite long but does not have the essence of the sentence and the mismatch of effective sentence placement.
Factors that cause the students 'lack of ability to compose effective sentences are: lack of understanding of this material due to lack of interest and a culture of reading that has begun to fade, students' habit of doing assignments is instant so that copy-paste culture has become a tradition. So to improve the ability of students to write effective sentences it is felt necessary to be re-appointed as an Indonesian language learning topic at the university level. This chapter will be discussed (1). Understanding effective sentences, (2). Characteristics of effective sentences, (3). The conditions that underlie effective sentences, (4). Effective sentence structure.
Understanding Effective Sentences
Effective sentence is a sentence that can express the idea of the speaker / writer correctly so that it can be understood by the listener / reader correctly as well. Effective in this case is the size of the sentence that has the ability to generate ideas or thoughts in the listener or reader. In other words, effective sentences are sentences that can represent the thoughts of the writer or speaker precisely so that the listener / reader can understand these thoughts easily, clearly and completely as what is meant by the writer or the speaker.
Understanding Effective Sentences According to Experts
Some definitions of effective sentences according to some linguists:
According to (Rahayu: 2007)
Effective sentence is a sentence that not only fulfills communicative, grammatical, and syntactic requirements, but must also be lively, fresh, easy to understand, and capable of generating imagination in the reader.
(Akhadiah, Arsjad, and Ridwan: 2001) Saying
Effective sentences are correct and clear sentences so that they are easily understood by others correctly.
(Arifin: 1989) Saying
Effective sentences are sentences that meet clear criteria, according to the rules, concise, and easy to read.
According to (Nasucha, Rohmadi, and Wahyudi: 2009)
Effective sentences are understood as sentences that can convey information and the information is easily understood by the reader.
According to (Arif Mobile: 2013)
Effective sentences are understood as a sentence that can help explain a problem in a shorter, clear, concise and easy to understand and interpret.