THE COHESIVE DEVICES OF STUDENTS™ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

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  • Maulidina Bunga Halimatusyahdiah Universitas Negeri Medan
  • Siti Aisah Ginting Universitas Negeri Medan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24114/reg.v11i2.35844

Abstract

The aims of the study were to discover the kinds of cohesive devices that were used in students™ writing recount text, to investigate the contribution of cohesive devices in students™ recount text, and to find out the reasons why students used cohesive devices. The study used the frameworks of Halliday&Hasan (1976) and Eggins (2004). The study used descriptive qualitative research. The data was analyzed based on Miles, Huberman, and Saldana™s (2014) framework. The results of the findings revealed that students in Grade X at SMA Negeri 15 Medan used four cohesive devices, namely reference, substitution, ellipsis and conjunction. There was 58,97% contribution of lexical cohesion, which was indicated through the use of vocabulary of nouns and verbs, followed by reference that had 30,69% contribution. It was derived from category of person as well as the scale of proximity. Conjunction, on the other hand, had the percentage as much as 10,34% which was obtained through extension and enhancement type. Furthermore, the findings of the study found 8 out of 12 reasons why students used cohesive devices.Keywords: Cohesive Devices, Students™ Writing, Recount Text

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2022-06-22

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

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