AN ANALYSIS OF THE COHESION AND COHERENCE OF EFL LEARNERS’ ESSAY WRITING IN UIN FAS BENGKULU

TIARA, SELLA SUTRISNO (2022) AN ANALYSIS OF THE COHESION AND COHERENCE OF EFL LEARNERS’ ESSAY WRITING IN UIN FAS BENGKULU. Diploma thesis, UIN FATMAWATI SUKARNO BENGKULU.

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Abstract

Considering the importance of cohesion and coherence, this study investigated a cohesion and coherence on students essay writing in term of: (1) they types of cohesion and coherence using by students (2) students‟aware in building cohesion and coherence by employing descriptive qualitative method. Research population were the fifth semester Tadris Bahasa Inggris (TBI) students at UIN FAS Bengkulu. Purposive sampling technique was employed as research sample. 29 students of TBI 5E were investigated as the subject. Data obtained through archived document of students‟ essay writing. The data were analyzed qualitatively based on Halliday and Hasan theory of cohesion and absolute scale formed the basis of the rating scale for scoring coherence by Bachman & Palmer. Furthermore, the study results showed that students used Halliday and Hasan coding scheme, the types of references used are R11, R12, R13, R14, R21, R22, R23, R31, R32, R33, and R34, the types of conjunction used are C111, C121, C141, C142, C151, C152, C212, C213, C22, C232, C241, C311, C322, C351, C411, C42, C431, C445, C451, C452, C461, C481, and C5 and the types of reiteration used are L1, L2, L3, and L4. Then, students‟ ability in building cohesion of which reference 52.1%, conjunction was used 40.8%. Then, it was followed by reiteration as much as 7.2%. Besides, students‟ ability in building coherence were on Extensive Scale (3) and Complete Scale (4) in average. It means that students has good enough understanding toward building coherence within their writing. The result of the study indicates that cohesion and coherence have to be emphasis in teaching writing and the English teacher have to be competent in evaluating the cohesion and coherence of students writing in order to be better.

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