Pinky Tiffany, 2201415046 (2020) REALIZATION OF COHESIVE DEVICES IN STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Boja). Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to elaborate the type of cohesive devices used in recount texts produced by the tenth grade students. This study focuses on both grammatical and lexical cohesions. The data were collected from the tenth grade students which gained 15 selected recount texts from two different classes. The data were analyzed by using theory of Halliday and Mathiessen (2014) qualitatively. The results show that the grammatical cohesion is leading with 662 ties (77.52%), while the lexical cohesion only gets 192 ties (17.68%). The grammatical cohesion types found is only conjunction and reference. Reference becomes the highest frequency 513 ties (60.07%). Specifically, personal reference is the dominant device. Regardless of massive use of the personal reference, there is few mistakes found. Additionally, it can be concluded that recount texts are mostly cohesive enough, despite of the lacking existence of some cohesive devices. Suggestions are given from this study are: Firstly, EFL students are expected to be more conscious of the importance of cohesion, both grammatical and lexical cohesions. Secondly, for the English teachers, it is suggested to provide particular technique for the students to understand and be more familiar with cohesion.

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