Name: Tsamaratul Bakhitah

NIM: 205311031
Academic Writing

Assignment 1: Identifying types of projects

Title of project: Analysis of Lexical Density in Spoken and Written News of BBC News

Name of student: Wulandari Zahara Handani

Study programme: D-3 Bahasa Inggris

Type of project (analysis or product): Analysis

Aim(s)/purpose of project:

1. To identify lexical density level in spoken and written news

2. To analyze the dominant lexical items found in the spoken and written news

Research question(s) (if any):

Research questions of this project are:

1. What are the levels of lexical density of the spoken and written news in the BBC

News

2. What are the lexical items that dominate both the spoken and written news?

Characteristics of product (for product development): -

Method(s) of the project (qualitative or quantitative): Qualitative

Methods of data collection:

1. Library study from the BBC website and YouTube channel

2. Document analysis to analyze the data collected from the library study

Type of data: News script in a website and news video

Your comments on the project (what you have learned from the project):

The analysis of lexical density in a news article is more challenging when the knowledge
about linguistic is not sufficiently provided. However, the writer had been struggling on the
project with his more study committing the work. Because of that reason, this type of analysis
project should have been given appreciation. Since the lexical density is another important

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lesson to learn in linguistic when a person study about a language, this project is
advantageous for learner, and it needs to conduct this kind of analysis project in the future.
Furthermore, the data sources in this project are from a formal English discourse that makes
the reader is encouraged to read more news article form to get a better and more valid
information.

Handani, W. Z. (2022). Analysis of lexical density in spoken and written news of BBC news
[Unpublished diploma III final project report]. Politeknik Negeri Bandung,
Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Indonesia.

Putri, R. A. (2022). The making of a bilingual guidebook on Sundanese culinary destinations

in Bandung: street vendors, food stalls, and restaurants [Unpublished diploma III
final project report]. Politeknik Negeri Bandung, Kabupaten Bandung Barat,
Indonesia.