Laras Sasi Rahmah Utami , 2201414087 (2019) GRAMMATICAL COHESION IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXT (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMK Negeri 1 Slawi In the Academic Year of 2017/2018). Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study aims to identify the types of grammatical cohesion used in the recount texts written by the tenth-grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Slawi in the Academic Year 2017/2018, as well as to investigate the cohesiveness of the writings based on the use of grammatical cohesive devices. The data of this study were collected from the tenth-grade students at SMK 1 Slawi, in which a total of 28 recount texts were gotten from a sample class. The data were analyzed qualitatively using the theory of cohesion by Halliday and Hasan (1976). The results show that the students used three types of grammatical cohesion, with the total number of 1422 cases. They are reference, ellipsis, and conjunction. Reference has the highest frequency of occurrence with 1046 cases (74%). Then, it is followed by conjunction with 373 cases (26%), and ellipsis with 3 cases (0,2%). Based on the findings, it can be seen that reference, ellipsis, and conjunction are the types of grammatical cohesive devices that were used by the students in their writing with reference as the device that is most dominantly used. Furthermore, it can be concluded that all texts collected are cohesive enough because they all employ grammatical cohesion even though some of the cohesive ties are used incorrectly. Suggestions given from this study are firstly, the English students are expected to be more aware of the importance of cohesion, especially grammatical cohesion, which exists both in spoken and written forms of language. Secondly, for the English teachers, it is suggested to give their students understanding about cohesion, especially grammatical cohesion.

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